Tang Dynasty Never Night

Fortunately, this time, they didn't pinch it. Zheng Qi's memorial has actually attracted everyone's attention. As for Ren Yushi... everyone thinks he is a clown, and the king of Zhou who has nothing to do is willing to talk to him .Li Xian wrote an excerpt to mock Ren Yushi, but he didn't make a long speech this time.

But even so, it still gave Li Zhi a headache. He said... his seventh son seemed to have activated some skills that shouldn't be activated.

The two emperors and empresses discussed and decided to beat this son, so after Li Xian fought Yushitai and succeeded in single brushing, he was taken to Penglai Palace to give a lecture two days before he was proud of himself.

When he went to Penglai Palace, Li Xian didn't realize that he would be cleaned up today. To be honest, he no longer takes it seriously to go to the palace to meet his parents. After reading history books, he would think that Li Zhi was too useless and Empress Wu was too cruel, but After getting along with each other, you will know that sometimes history demonizes people too much.

Li Zhi is actually very shrewd, but the only shortcoming of being a saint is soft-heartedness, but he will be soft-hearted when he shouldn't be soft-hearted, and Empress Wu...she is not so crazy, and she will not kill people at will. It may be that this person is dissatisfied with her or threatened her, but nothing else can be said.

As for the son, from time to time, Empress Wu would call the son who was outside into the palace to have a meal together to connect with the family relationship or something - of course Li Xian felt that this was more or less meant to show Li Zhi, Li Zhi was the most hopeful family. United people.

Today, he originally thought that he was going to eat a big meal in the palace again, but when he got there, he found that there was no one else except Empress Wu, and Empress Wu's expression... Although it looked the same as usual, Li Xian was keenly aware of her surroundings. The air pressure is not right.

After silently raising the alert level to the highest level, Li Xian ran over to show cuteness to his cheap mom. Li Xian might not have been embarrassed at first, but after a long time, occasionally showing cuteness can always make cheap mom feel better about himself. Obviously throw away moral integrity.

Regarding this point, Li Hong was actually a bit contemptuous - a boy of that age is almost ready to marry a wife and still acts like a spoiled child to his mother, this younger brother is really unmanly.

Li Hong never concealed his contempt. Of course, it was probably because Li Xian's status was not enough for him to pay enough attention to cover up his emotions.Li Xian could feel Li Hong's various dissatisfaction and views on him. For this... Li Xian said that he had no pressure, morality or something, just throw it away, it's better than losing your life.

As a result, today... being cute doesn't work anymore. Empress Wu looked at the third son who has become more and more caring recently and said: "Recently, you have written a lot of notes."

Li Xian blinked and tilted his head and said, "Oh, those excerpts...then what, it's because those censors are so vicious, they talk nonsense about things that have no shadow, and my son can't get angry..."

Li Xian wondered while explaining, why did he bring this up all of a sudden?Are parents not satisfied?But if he is really dissatisfied, shouldn't he be banned from writing notes from the beginning?Now that the matter is almost settled, what is the meaning of Ren Yushi's body being sprayed by him and not daring to jump up and talk again?

Empress Wu smiled and looked at him: "Then you think you did the right thing?"

Li Xian resolutely shut his mouth and lowered his head, and told his mother with body language that he knew he was wrong, even though he didn't know what was wrong.

"Then tell me, what is the relationship between Ren Yushi and Zheng Qingcheng?"

It doesn't matter why, he is my man... Cough, teacher.

As if knowing what Li Xian was thinking, Empress Wu continued: "It's good that he was your prince, but you don't need to tie yourself to him! He is a courtier of the Tang Dynasty after all! He was imprisoned by himself. Haven't even refuted it yet, your majestic prince is going to confront Yushitai for a courtier? What are you thinking?"

That's right, this is the reason why Empress Wu talked to Li Xian. To be honest, Empress Wu has been in the royal family for so many years. From the beginning of hiding in the harem to now being able to participate in politics, she has seen many courtiers standing up for the prince. Fighting, it's really the first time I saw the prince and prince helping his courtiers fight!He even won!

#Live for a long time#

Li Xian... Li Xian continued to pretend to be a quail. He also knew that it was not appropriate to do so, but although his teacher was occasionally a bit of a ghost, he was still a noble scholar on the whole, and it was too much to fight with those shameless Yushi Lost it! (Zheng Qi, who is at a disadvantage: ...)

Empress Wu looked at Li Xian's honest appearance, and her heart was a little complicated. She... She really didn't see how many people could win against Yushi, why?Because those censors never fight alone, they all form a group to attack you, okay?As a result, they were wiped out this time.

Empress Wu, like her two sons, silently tagged Li Xian in her heart: next time the censor criticizes her for interfering in politics, she will let her son go!Or how to say it is a mother and son.

Well, the reason why Li Zhi and Empress Wu were able to let Li Xian fight with Yushi like this is actually... Empress Wu stopped Li Zhi, she felt that this son needs to be educated, and he needs to be punished if his life is too smooth. It can only be said that this is a real mother.As a result, they didn't expect that their son taught Yushi a lesson: don't just join people with sharp teeth, and prepare arguments and evidence next time before writing an argumentative paper, or the King of Zhou will teach you to be a new person in a minute.

Li Xian originally thought that Empress Wu would educate him, but Empress Wu just said a few words from the beginning to the end, and drove him home to eat him without punishing him, which made Li Xian feel a little uneasy—to put it lightly Just let him go?

if not?Empress Wu just felt that her son's actions were not right, even if you let your own disciples stand out?It's better than you rushing out in a hurry and rolling up your sleeves yourself. If it weren't for Li Xian's reputation among the people, Zheng Qi is also very decent. I'm afraid that there have been multiple versions of King Zhou and Zheng Shaochang at this time. What I have to say The story ==!

It's just that Empress Wu didn't make it too clear. Sometimes political games also depend on talent. If everything is said too clearly, then Li Xian can only become a substitute fighter, and cannot be independent by himself. Let his son understand it by himself.

What's more, Empress Wu is also very busy now, and she is also very concerned about this battle. Of course, the focus of her concern is...how to appease her own people more?

Li Zhi has suppressed her for so many years, she has never been involved in military power or anything, and she has no capable people to arrange for her. Now Empress Wu is thinking about who to train!

Yes, the reason why Zheng Qi's note was valued was because everyone was discussing how to type it.

When you get hit, you just swallow your breath and continue singing and dancing to celebrate the New Year. Everyone pretends nothing happened... Isn't this the style of Datang?At least it is not the style of the group of murderous people in the early Tang Dynasty. In fact, the three provinces have already discussed this issue before, and they must fight. The problem is how to fight.

Fighting a war is not a child's play. It's not like fighting in a group to make an appointment to a place where the two sides bring good people there and fight each other. They have to study a lot of things. The most important thing now is...who will lead the army!

The Turks dare not use it anymore, and of course not all the Turks are disloyal to the Tang Dynasty, but Li Jinxing, the best among the Turks, is now fighting Silla to death, and Gao Kan is also conquering Silla. The general will not be able to go out.

And now there are not many generals who can lead the army in Datang, but there are only a few who can stand alone, and because of the previous defeat experience, this time not only wins, but also wins beautifully. In this case, the generals who can lead the army There are only a handful of them.

After discussing for a long time, the higher-ups decided that this time the British Duke Li Ji would lead the army to conquer the Turkic rebels and the Yantuo tribe!

Li Xian was stunned when he heard this decision. British Duke Li Ji...it is true that he is very good at fighting, but he is already 76 this year. You ask the old man to lead soldiers to fight in this cold weather. , this is abuse, right?No matter how handsome Li Ji's body is, it's useless.

But the decision has already been made by the higher authorities. It is said that Li Ji has also accepted the order. It can be said that this matter has been settled in this way. The next step is to prepare for the war, to prepare food and supplies, and to deploy troops from where. Pay attention to the Yushitai side.

Of course, the Taiyuan side is not so blank, Ren Yushi still wanted to jump, but was stopped by his colleagues - the Tang Dynasty is going to war, everyone is busy with this matter, the New Year's Eve Everyone is not happy about this kind of thing, and you still come to find trouble. How many eyes have been cast on the colleagues of Yushitai recently, you should calm down a little bit.

Although Ren Yushi was not reconciled, he had no choice but to calm down and start staring at the workers - I see who of you dares to do something.

When everything was ready, a bad news came when the army was about to set off—on December [-]rd, British Duke Li Ji... passed away!

All of a sudden, everyone was caught off guard. This is about to go to war. The British Duke was still alive and kicking two days ago. Well, the old man who is almost 80 years old said that it is impossible to be alive and kicking, but he looks very healthy. Why did he... die in these two days?

In fact, although Li Ji looks tough, he has been on the battlefield all his life after all. He has suffered minor injuries and hidden injuries. Sad, recently Li Ji has to worry about the issue of the expedition, and the result is...

When this news came, the atmosphere in both the court and the army was instantly depressed. Li Xian suddenly remembered the sentence that he died before he left the army. hit.

At this time, Jiang Ke stood up and asked to lead the army. Everyone was not surprised by Jiang Ke's invitation. After Li Ji's death, Jiang Ke was the only one who could barely compare with Li Ji's record. In fact, Jiang Ke's qualifications are far behind Li Ji's. Although he is also a famous general, he is not as good as Li Ji's illustrious military exploits.

Now Datang is facing a very embarrassing situation - a talent gap, civil servants are okay, military generals are very rare, in those founding generals passed away one by one, the younger generation has not fully grown up, it is really too embarrassing People are worried.

The court's decision was that Jiang Ke be the general manager of the Fengzhou march to defeat the Turks.

Because all the preparations have been made before, although Li Ji was not allowed to make up his mind alone, Jiang Ke also made suggestions and drinks, so Jiang Ke's succession was not too unexpected, basically it was Jiang Ke's performance Please, as soon as you are approved, you will lead the army to go out soon.

During the expedition, Prince Li Hong replaced Li Zhi to see the army off—Li Zhi really wanted to come by himself, but his body couldn't support him, so he had to let the prince and other princes lead all the officials to see him off.

To be honest, Li Xian felt very cold when he looked at those soldiers in the winter. There was no cotton in the Tang Dynasty, only kapok, but I don’t know if it was an illusion. Li Xian always felt that kapok was not warm at all. Of course, with his status He doesn't use kapok-filled clothes either, he always wears mink fur.

But the soldiers...he was a little worried, the colder the winter and the twelfth lunar month, the colder they went north, what if everyone couldn't bear it?

In the end, he was right to be worried. The high-level officials and ordinary people may only look at the final result of wars. The so-called war damage is sometimes just a bunch of numbers.

During the march, although the imperial court had deployed troops to the north based on the principle of the closest, many soldiers still died of cold on the way. Li Xian also sighed in his heart when he saw it. Traveling or something... In fact, sometimes It's also painful, because you may have foreseen certain things, but you can't change them at all.

Let’s take armaments as an example. Li Xian knows that cotton is good and how to keep warm, but...he can’t do it. One is that cotton is still far away in India and Arabia. Yes, Zandabo’s Borneo is located in the territory of later India, but Borneo only occupies a small part of the land. Li Xian also asked about the crops there, but he never heard of cotton.

There is no cotton in the Tang Dynasty, but there is kapok, but the kapok fiber is not as thick and warm as cotton, and it is not as soft as cotton. What's more... the court is short of money, and the weapons and clothes used by soldiers have to be distributed, which once made finances tight.

After the army left, because of the inconvenient communication, everyone could only hope for the news, but after a few days, Li Xian discovered that... many people's lives had returned to the track.

Pei Wang Li Xian was ordered to pay a memorial service at Li Ji's funeral, and after the issue of the expedition was resolved, a series of posthumous gifts to Li Ji also came down.

In order to express his grief for Li Ji's death, Li Zhi stopped court for seven days in a row. At the same time, he gave Li Ji Taiwei and Yangzhou Metropolitan Governor, the posthumous title of Zhenwu, and was buried with Zhaoling.

And Li Ji's achievements are worthy of Li Zhi's actions. Of course, the most important thing is that Li Ji has always been on Li Zhi's side. Even if so many people opposed the establishment of the Wu family, Li Ji also firmly supported it. Li Zhi's ideas and his attitude have also influenced many people.

But from Li Xian's point of view...he always felt that Li Ji was taking revenge on Tang Taizong Li Shimin in a disguised form—why did Li Shimin suppress Li Ji for so many years in such a foolish way?

After Li Ji's funeral, the atmosphere in the court gradually became dull. The news about Jiang Ke was still coming in. Although there was no good news, there was no bad news either. At this time... everyone began to prepare for the new year. .

In Li Xian's opinion, the year of the Tang Dynasty was very old-fashioned. He remembered that in the later generations, except for the firecrackers on the eve of the New Year's Eve, he had a feeling that it was the Chinese New Year. The rest of the time was deserted and there was no New Year's Eve at all. Lively.

And now...not to mention the palace, his palace is very lively.That's right, he is the only owner of the palace, but the operation of the entire palace requires a lot of people, not to mention the servants who serve, there are only a bunch of staff.Li Xian watched them busy preparing for the new year, and his heart, which was slightly depressed and anxious because of the war a while ago, gradually calmed down.

It was the first time for Li Xian to see everything new in the Tang Dynasty, but the palace didn't need his help, and the mansion...his subordinates were a little capable, so he didn't need to intervene, so he waved his hand after thinking about it , I gave out super thick red envelopes to my small team, and the whole palace was even more festive.

On New Year's Eve, Li Xian... didn't eat at home, let alone dumplings. He was going to the palace to receive a banquet. This day is quite symbolic in this era, and the emperor and empress will give a banquet in the new year.

The emperor entertained courtiers in the front court, and the empress entertained foreign wives in the back. As a prince who is underage but involved in political affairs, Li Xian must attend, let alone him, even his younger brother Li Dan who was just eight years old They were all brought over to attend the New Year's banquet together.

Li Dan is a very beautiful young lady, although he is not too fond of this younger brother Li Xian - Li Xian always feels that Zhongzong is a loser in history, when he, a loser who seems to be unlucky, meets a winner , always feel all kinds of awkwardness.

In addition, Li Dan is still young, and he has no common language with him, and living in the palace does not even meet as much as he and Li Xian, so the relationship is naturally not so deep.

But there is no way, Li Xian is a face control, when he saw Li Dan who was dressed up and appeared at the New Year's banquet, he couldn't help but take his younger brother by his side to take care of him - no way, he My father and brothers are too busy, father is busy toasting civil and military officials, and brothers are also busy connecting with their party members, so he has nothing to do.

Li Dan is quite close to Li Xian, although eight years old is still very young, but in this era, eight years old is already considered a young adult, let alone a child of the royal family, so Li Dan is far from being as innocent as he appears.

Li Dan is now between a child and a teenager, and he is sensitive to people's emotional changes. He easily found out that his seventh brother was really worried about him taking care of him, so his eyes smiled even more happily.

Li Xian... Li Xian couldn't bear it anymore, so he took care of Li Dan more carefully, and made the palace people serve hot soup from time to time. To be honest, it is a very honorable thing to be able to participate in the New Year's banquet and tell it. From the point of view of all officials, but from Li Xian's point of view... this matter is really tormenting.

All the dishes are big pot dishes, the taste is just... don't mention it, the most important thing is that there is still a certain distance between Shanggong Bureau and Linde Hall where the banquet is given. It's a cold day, and the dishes are served here It's not very hot when it's time to eat, and you have to toast and chat with others occasionally, so it's basically cold when you eat it.

What's even more deceitful is... the oil used these days is all animal oil, and the dishes for the New Year's feast are mainly meat dishes. This cold... the oil has condensed, and the taste is simply...

Li Xian didn't eat too much and didn't dare to ask Li Dan to eat more - he was afraid that it wouldn't be good for children to eat so greasy, and it was still cold, so he ordered more hot soup, and after thinking about it, he wanted the palace servants to quietly give it to King Pei. Serve hot soup as well—no one dares to neglect the sage and the prince, and of course no one dares to neglect Pei Wang, but Li Xian didn't bring many attendants, so I'm afraid they were not so careful.

Then there is... Zheng Qi, how could he have forgotten Zheng Qi, it was not obvious when he was standing in line at the court, but when he was receiving the banquet, he found that he and Zheng Qi were very far apart. Let the underwriters around him pay attention to Zheng Qi - he was only enrolled a few days ago, and Li Xiansheng was afraid that his teacher would be bullied.

In fact... Zheng Qi can get along like a duck to water, okay?A while ago, the impeachment incident was raging. He has nothing to do. Although it can be said that the censor has no evidence, it also shows Zheng Qi's level from another aspect. If he has no ability, the saint will protect him like this he?

After finally messing up the New Year's banquet, Li Xian reluctantly sent Li Dan to Empress Wu. He wanted to see Sister Lolita, but her sister fell asleep, so he had no choice but to return to the palace.

In fact, the New Year's banquet in the palace had just started at this time, and it wasn't too late. Everyone set off fireworks and then had a meal with their subordinates. The night was almost over.

But the most eye-opening thing for Li Xian was the firecrackers of the Tang Dynasty. They were real firecrackers. Throwing bamboo into the fire to hear the sound ←_← Although this thing is not as enjoyable as firecrackers, the safety factor is much higher. Li He threw a lot of bamboo into it and listened to it very happily.

At the same time, the New Year's Eve dinner at Zheng Qi's house was not so lively.Zheng Qi's life this year... can't be said to be good or bad. Of course, this is what he thinks. In the eyes of others, he is also quite unlucky. Two fiancées died in a year, although the first was an accident. The second One is bad luck, but it is quite sympathetic anyway.

Zheng Niang is also in a hurry, Zheng Qi will be seventeen after the new year, she is not too young to become a relative, but two daughter-in-laws in a row are... so when she goes out to socialize during the Chinese New Year, she pays special attention to which daughter-in-law The child can be married as a daughter-in-law-there is no need to be too picky about family background, it is almost enough, anyway, Zheng Qi himself does not want to climb high.

As a result, during the Chinese New Year, when a girl from a small family was doing handwork for the elders in the embroidery building, she somehow escaped the water and was burned to death. Then there were rumors that the girl was wanted by Zheng Niang. Married to be a daughter-in-law, the result... and then the name of Zheng Qike's wife spread.

Zheng Niang: ...I just looked at her twice more, she pays attention to girls with similar family backgrounds, she didn't expect to settle down with her son so soon.

This time Zheng Qi was shot while lying down.It's just that even if it was false, it became true after more people said it, and since then, all the unmarried girls at Zheng Niang's banquets have almost disappeared from her presence—even if you don't feel sorry for your daughter, you can't throw her away. Into the fire pit ah.

Therefore, the former Zhou king Fuxian Prince Zhan Shi, Si Lie Shao Chang Bo, and Honglu Temple Shaoqing Zheng Qi and Zheng Qingcheng became a household in Chang'an City with marriage difficulties at an early age.