Tang Dynasty Never Night

The repaired small flower hall of the palace is full of spring, and the fragrance of tea is lingering. It's a pity that the people sitting in front of the table don't seem to have the leisure to appreciate this beauty.

Li Xian drank the freshly squeezed juice slowly, while Li Dan opposite him had tea that Li Xian couldn't get used to in his life.Li Dan looked at Li Xian's leisurely look with a gloomy face, really wishing he could directly expose the case in front of him.

"Brother Seven! What time is it, you still want to drink juice?!" Li Dan was almost pissed off by Li Xian.

"Why don't you have a mind?" Li Xian can be said to be the most relaxed time in the past year, but it's a pity that his good brother refused to let him relax. It was almost as if he had moved into the palace, and Li Dan came to find him .

Li Xian's palace is still the previous palace, but the regent is super first-grade. Although there is no such statement now, the various specifications and treatment are much better than before. The most obvious example is that his palace has doubled in size compared to before. !Li Xian did not refuse this. If he had just passed through, he would have felt that it was too extravagant for him to occupy such a large space by himself, but now he knows that a person's various treatment represents his status. And if the treatment is not improved, it will also make people look down.

In any case, his status as regent cannot be ignored by anyone, not even Empress Wu.

"Why do you insist on a Zen position? Even A Niang...is not without strength!"

"And then? Kill a blood flow?"

Li Dan stood up suddenly and shouted: "So what? Since ancient times, there are few people who have changed power and blood flowed into rivers? How do you know that blood will not flow into rivers after you retreat?" Li Dan walked to the door and pointed outside. : "Now you only know how to hide here and hide from the world, why don't you go and listen to what the outside world scolds you for?"

Li Xian didn't seem to mind Li Dan's weakness, looked up at him and asked, "Oh? What's the scolding like?"

Li Dan almost vomited blood from his indifferent appearance, he sat back angrily for a long time before saying: "They say you are the king of subjugation."

"Oh, this kind of person can be arrested. If Tang Dynasty is still alive, he dares to say the word subjugation. He doesn't want to live anymore, right?" Li Xian said jokingly.

"Also say you are insane."

"Oh, so I'm in Zen."

Li Dan wiped his face: "Give me a reasonable reason, otherwise don't blame me for using your name to rebel."

"You don't dare." Li Xian smiled slightly. Li Dan was a very smart person in history, and his best skill was judging the situation. Li Dan was not exposed, so Li Xian said he didn't dare.

Li Dan sneered, threw out a handwritten letter and said, "Look for yourself."

After picking it up, Li Xian took a look and was shocked: "How dare you?"

The content written in that handwriting is very simple, that is, the Queen Mother is in chaos and the world is restless, so they have to raise troops to serve the king and put things right!After this handwritten letter is a slip of signatures, not to mention Li Dan's signature, followed by a group of ministers' signatures, many of them are military generals, such as Liu Rengui, who supported Lou Shide, etc. When Li Xian saw it, his whole body It's all bad.

"What's going on here? Didn't they not object to the Zen position at the beginning?" The expression on Li Xian's face finally became more serious. Now that Xu Jingye hasn't put down the chaos, are they going to join forces?

"No objection does not mean approval. At that time, you didn't show up for half a month. When you finally came out, you died because someone touched a pillar in the East Palace. Then you... lost weight like this. Everyone thinks you are forced to do so, okay?"

Li Xian wiped his face, and said a little irritably: "Don't do this, I'd rather abdicate than face a confrontation, isn't it just to save the lives of these people? Why do they love to court death so much?"

Li Dan sat there without saying a word, so Li Xian could only continue to say: "It's true that they have military power, but you think A Niang doesn't understand this truth? She doesn't know that these people will affect her power. If I don't come out, I'm afraid these people I will be killed by her!" In history, Empress Wu did not become emperor from the very beginning when she came to power. She first abolished Zhongzong, then established Ruizong, but put Ruizong under house arrest in the side hall. It started during Ruizong's reign. At that time, these military generals were also dissatisfied with wantonly seizing power. What happened in the end?Did these generals have meritorious service or were they killed one by one by Empress Wu?

Because it was Ruizong who was in power at that time, Empress Wu was the Empress Dowager, and the keynote that Empress Wu could participate in political affairs was set by the first emperor. Even if everyone knew what was going on, so what?

The withering of the generals made the territory of the Tang Dynasty shrink again and again. Leaving aside Wenzhi during the reign of Wu Zetian, it is still true that the martial arts were far worse than Li Zhi. At that time, Tubo, Turks, and even Khitan dared to come to bully the Tang Dynasty. Why? ?

What Li Xian was afraid of was that if he didn't take the initiative to take a step back, those generals would be murdered by the empress. That's why he did this. Otherwise, he didn't know that he was still in danger?Can the power of the regent be compared to that of the emperor?In the end, these people actually wanted to die!

The military system of the Tang Dynasty doomed those who rebelled would not end well, especially the higher the rank of generals, the more difficult it is, because they have no military power, and the military power is in the hands of the grassroots. No one will listen to them if they want to dispatch troops!And whoever the grassroots officers are living well must rebel?

After hearing this, Li Dan also said: "Then you can just turn things around now?"

"Turn what? First Zen position and then rebellion, do you think I'm not happy enough to be scolded?" Li Xian was a little annoyed, of course he knew that many scholars in the world scolded him.

Strictly speaking, those scholars are probably the same as the public knowledge of later generations. They criticize the system when they have nothing to do, but they did not serve other countries. They just want to attract attention and enjoy the fun of giving advice. Their vision is doomed that they are not even qualified to give advice.

Look at those aristocratic families, is there anyone who jumped out and scolded them?Oh, the Li family is an exception. Li Xian's uncles really wished they could come over with their knives and chop him up.

Li Dan was also silent, and asked after a while: "Is that the only way?"

"What do you mean? There is still room for manoeuvre. I know what everyone is worried about. My suggestion is... to draw the fire from the bottom of the pot. A Niang will definitely support the Wu family. None of the Wu family members are successful. They all want to Find a way to clean it up." Li Xian looked at his hands, and to be honest, he was a little hesitant, because it's not right to convict others for doing bad things.

Before, he also held that if Wu Chengsi and the others were willing to be honest and don't want to be some kind of prince, he didn't care. No matter how empress Wu tossed about, in the end, the surname of this country would still be Li.

But judging from the recent collection of information, Wu Chengsi is really a problem. Since Empress Wu became the Holy Mother Wu Huang, Wu Chengsi's worth has risen, and it seems to be comparable to Li Dan, and now Wu Chengsi They have begun to accept bribes to buy and sell officials, and even started various propaganda campaigns for Empress Wu.

To be honest, when he saw those materials, Li Xian still felt a little regretful. He still remembered that when Wu Chengsi first returned to Chang'an, he looked like a handsome and cowardly boy. That's it.

After Li Dan heard it, he didn't have any psychological burden. He had long disliked Wu Chengsi and Wu Sansi. Recently, he heard that A Niang wanted to make them kings. But he didn't have the corresponding right to speak. Now that Li Xian took the initiative to say so, he was relieved.

However, what Li Xian said next surprised him. Li Xian said: "After Xu Jingye is defeated, I will return to Chang'an."

"Aunt...may not be willing to go back to Chang'an, right?" Li Dan knew very well that she had a solid foundation in Luoyang Empress Wu, but she couldn't do it in Chang'an.

"She won't come back if she doesn't come back. I'm going back because I have to prepare for the worst." Li Xian thought for a while and said, "I'm going to take a group of people away. Do you want to stay or follow me?"

Of course Li Dan wanted to go with Li Xian, but after thinking about it, he said, "It depends."

Li Xian smiled slightly. Even though Li Dan has not been in contact with the government for a long time and has not made any obvious political achievements, he has already cultivated political literacy.

"Xu Jingye, really don't save him?"

Li Xian was helpless: "How can I save him? He... he rebelled against him, and he even recruited a group of people to say it was a restoration. That's fine. He also killed the court officials without authorization. The moment he raised the flag, he couldn't live. Lah. The only thing to do now is not to let him get Li Sikong and the rest of the Xu family involved."

Li Dan asked for a while: "Who do you think you will send to quell the chaos?"

"Let's see who will agree to go." Li Xian felt that the current situation was really chaotic, and the whole court was in chaos.

Li Dan didn't understand at first, but it took two days before he understood what Li Xian said. The Emperor Wu indeed ordered several generals to quell the rebellion, among them was Lou Shide, who ended up falling ill that day Now, he still looks terminally ill, it is simply inhumane to ask him to lead the army.

Many other generals in the same imperial court also fell ill one after another, which made people in Luoyang panic for a while, thinking that there was some serious epidemic.

In the end, Li Xiaoyi, the general of Zuo Yuqian's guard, was appointed as the general manager to lead the army to crusade. Xu Jingye and others had raised troops temporarily, and they didn't have many troops in their hands. In addition, his leading skills were comparable to those of his grandfather. It's really too far away, and failure is also reasonable.

In the end, Xu Jingye naturally wanted to kill him, but under Li Xian's pleading, Xu Jingye's father and grandfather's official name was preserved, but his family... No matter how hard Li Xian tried, it was difficult for Xu Jingye to speak up for Xu Jingye. Rebellion, no matter what your reason for rebellion is, without the Yi tribe, the Emperor Wu is already merciful for Li Xian's sake.

After Xu Jingye was pacified, Li Xian wrote a letter saying that he would return to Chang'an to supervise the country. Of course, the letter was written very emotionally, claiming: The former emperor has long missed Chang'an, and he still urged him to return to Chang'an if he had the opportunity. Recently, I have had many dreams about the late emperor, and I feel deeply in my heart, so I decided to go back to Chang'an to commemorate the late emperor.

After this letter was published, all the ministers are a little powerless. Are you dreaming too much?After dreaming of the Yellow Emperor and the First Emperor, who will you dream of next time?

Emperor Wu Wu hesitated for a long time after receiving this edict. She knew that it was best to put Li Xian under her nose, so that she could respond to the other party's actions in a timely manner. She did not believe that the other party was so peaceful. He became the regent, but on second thought, what if he was detained in Luoyang?

Li Xian is a hot potato at all, he can't be touched or admired, Xia Xue was put under house arrest for half a month last time, this son is too supernatural, it's just annoying to keep him around.

She held the memorabilia in a daze for a long time, and finally asked a young woman in her twenties beside her, "Shangguan, what do you think?"

That little lady was Shangguan Waner, who was already 21 years old at the time, and she had been helping Empress Wu to help her with various things since she was 14 years old, and it has been seven years now, although Shangguan Waner was not actually married, But she is still wearing a woman's hairstyle - because the Emperor Wu gave her a talent status in order to give Shangguan Wan'er more power for convenience.

Yes, according to the actual situation, Shangguan Wan'er is a talented person of the former emperor at this time.

Shangguan Wan'er was very intelligent, after reading this memorial, she pondered for a while before saying: "Saint, Chang'an is thousands of miles away from Luoyang, the regent's going here may be a huge hidden danger."

Wu Wuhuang sighed: "I don't know what you said? It's just... I can't keep him. Keeping him in Luoyang is my obstacle after all. If I can't leave you at this time, I'm afraid I'll let you go with him." Chang'an."

Shangguan Wan'er's eyes flashed, she knew that Emperor Wu had already made up her mind, and sure enough, Emperor Wu wrote a reply on the memorandum as soon as she picked up the pen.

After Li Xian knew that Emperor Wu agreed, he went ahead and wrote another memorial. Most of this memorial was composed of various lists—all the people he wanted to bring to Chang'an.

The regent was also famous when he returned to Chang'an. Emperor Wu gave him the title of going to Chang'an to supervise the country. Otherwise, how could he explain why the regent stayed in Chang'an for a long time?Can the regent who is out of touch with the court still be the regent?Even if this is what Li Xian requested in a letter, it is useless. Those people will naturally make up all kinds of scenes of Li Xian being oppressed and threatened. Emperor Wu is not afraid of those people's brains, but when she first ascended to the position, she was full of waste. In her position, she has too many things to do, and she doesn't want to waste any more time on those conspiracies.

After receiving Li Xian's memorial, Emperor Wu was very angry and funny, among other things, Li Xian's ability to make progress has been like a day for decades.However, after seeing the list, she was somewhat relieved, because most of the people Li Xian took away were military generals, and they were all generals who were not very cooperative. The Emperor Wu had long wanted to kill these people.

Li Xian asked to take these people away, Emperor Wu could guess, didn't he just want to save their lives?She doesn't care, these people follow Li Xian, so just follow him, and save her way here, if Emperor Wu wants to kill these people, so what if these people are in Chang'an?

It would be even better if these people committed crimes, and Emperor Wu could implicate Li Xian by the way. The regent cannot be killed, but it is possible to cut power, but there is no suitable excuse now.

Apart from these generals, Zheng Qi is probably the only one who can get along with civil servants, but Zheng Qi is Wei Weiqing, and the Emperor Wu called Li Xian over by the way and said: "Wei Weiqing is going to protect the imperial city. You took him away, what about Luoyang Imperial City?"

Li Xian knew that Emperor Wu had wanted to transfer Zheng Qi away a long time ago. If Li Xian insisted, he could use Weiwei and Shaoqing's official positions to stop him, but it was meaningless. Sometimes the size of the official position also depends on the actual power. Wei Weiqing with real power and Wei Wei Shaoqing with real power and the backing of the emperor are probably not at the same level of power.

Li Xian said by the way: "Since this is the case, there just happens to be a vacancy for the Minister of Rites, why not let Zheng Qingcheng go."

After hearing this, Emperor Wu paused and said, "That's fine, but is there any other request?"

Li Xian said with a smile: "Don't worry, Auntie, I'm just going back to Chang'an. Although Luoyang is good in my eyes, it is not as good as Chang'an."

The picture that looks like a loving mother and filial son is actually just a game between Li Xian and Emperor Wu. Li Xian asked for the Minister of Rites mainly because there is indeed a vacancy for Minister of Rites, and he heard that Emperor Wu intended to let Wu Cheng He was the minister of the Ministry of rites.

What virtue and ability can Wu Chengsi have?Even if the prince did not come up to become a minister, the six ministers are high-ranking officials even if they are not high-ranking ministers. Zheng Qi will be suspected of being too young to be a minister at this age. Wu Chengsi is not old enough to be a politician. Without merit, he would vomit to death if such a person was admitted.

As for Wei Weiqing, Li Xian believed that the Emperor Wu could not let Wu Chengsi come. Wei Weiqing's position is too important, it is related to the life of the Emperor Wu. How could Wu Chengsi have experience in leading troops?

Li Xian couldn't suppress Wu Chengsi explicitly, so he could only start from here.Emperor Wu agreed, so Zheng Qi turned around and changed from Wei Weiqing to Minister of Rites, and then followed Li Xian to Chang'an to supervise the country.

Li Xian took away the generals headed by Liu Rengui and Lou Shide. Many people thought that Li Xian went to Chang'an to restore the restoration, but they couldn't help but sigh after seeing the people he brought. Although these generals are good, the civil servants have The advantages of civil servants, the people led by Li Xian obviously cannot support the operation of an imperial court. Even if the value of force is stronger than that of Emperor Wu, in fact, the operation of logistics is weak. Li Xian is also a person who has led soldiers and fought in battles. With these people, he did not dare to raise troops easily.

To everyone's surprise, Li Dan, King of Yu, also wrote a letter asking to go to Chang'an, and Emperor Wu agreed, out of sight and out of mind.So far, everyone in the world believed that Emperor Wu and his two sons were separated from each other, and only one daughter could relieve the desolation under their knees.

Of course, in addition to these ministers, Li Xian also brought a special person away, maybe not one, but that family - the common man Li Xian's family.Li Xian didn't dare to let Li Xian live under the Emperor Wu. He was really afraid that when he suddenly heard that Li Xian committed suicide, Li Zhi was most worried about this son. Li Xian made up his mind to take Li Xian with him Walk.

Fortunately, Emperor Wu didn't criticize this application too much, but added some people to Li Xian on the list. Li Xian knew at a glance that Emperor Wu wanted to infiltrate Chang'an a little bit through him. Not being as strong as Luoyang is the biggest hidden danger of Emperor Wu, and she must eliminate the hidden danger, which is why Emperor Wu was so happy to let Li Xian go to Chang'an.

In any case, as long as the goal is achieved, Li Xian who packed his bags and went on the road was very leisurely and at ease, and at this moment Li Dan, who was sitting opposite him, was blinded by the way Zheng Qi squeezed the juice for Li Xian with his own hands. I really want to bring my wife here to show off my affection, but when I think about it carefully, I always feel... Even if I bring my wife here, I can't show off these two guys.

Li Dan looked outside and asked with some doubts: "Seventh brother, how do you feel that you...brought a lot of people this time?"

It's true that Li Xian led a group of generals this time, but the convoy is too big, right?I always feel that something is not quite right.

"Oh, by the way, I brought some people from the Plum Blossom Academy here. They are all good seedlings, and I plan to recruit them to my palace."

Li Dan was stunned for a moment, and then suddenly realized that Li Xian's Plum Blossom Academy was known to him, and there were not many Plum Blossom Academy, one in Chang'an, one in Luoyang, and nothing else, but many people who came out of Plum Blossom Academy were a little Those who are talented have a relatively high chance of becoming a talent, probably because these children did not live well before, but now they have a better life, and they can even study, so they are very motivated.

Li Dan was also worried that it would not be easy for Li Xian to deal with political affairs after he arrived in Chang'an, and maybe the Emperor Wu would send someone over at that time.

It's just that Li Xian obviously wouldn't give Emperor Wu this chance. The people in Plum Blossom Academy might not be qualified to be officials, but it was Li Xian's decision to be secluded into the palace.And it's not that Li Xian wants to form the imperial court, these people have to work under the title of aide?

After Li Dan figured this out, he immediately asked with a smile: "Is that so, brother, let me share a little bit."

Li Xian patted his younger brother's head and said, "The Plum Blossom Academy in Chang'an will also graduate a group of students this year, so let's pick some."

Hey, now it seems that he who established Plum Blossom Academy was too far-sighted, Li Xian silently gave himself a thumbs up in his heart.

Because of the large convoy, it was already September when Li Xian arrived in Chang'an. After arriving in Chang'an, Li Dan's concubine gave birth to a son. This was Li Dan's third son, and he was also a bastard. interested.

Zheng Qi was rather strange: "What are you so excited about?"

Can you not have a convulsion?Watch the young version of Tang Minghuang!Of course, Li Longji probably won't want to be an emperor in this lifetime.

The author has something to say:

In other words, readers who say that military generals can be trained can go to see how many generals were killed during the period when Empress Wu was still the queen mother. Tang Ruizong was also in power at that time, and he was also under house arrest. Talents can be cultivated, but the loss of generals in the Tang Dynasty at that time meant the loss of the country, tens of thousands of people were homeless or even killed by the enemy, and it was not so easy to get the country back after being invaded. It's gone, but Dashi is still watching!