Lan Ruochan

Chapter 44 The Taber Seasonal Calendar

Seeing that Qingyun was so vigilant, Li Shenjun hurriedly laughed, and continued to say,

"Young Master Qing, don't get excited, I might as well just say it straight now.

I have accepted the invitation of the fourth prince, and I will sacrifice wine for the staff,
When the prince was imprisoned, I had already guessed that the various forces would settle here, so I rushed here first.

Of course, as you and I said when we first met, seeking the support of the Empress Dowager is indeed one of the main purposes of this trip.

Later, when the Little Dragon King returned to Luodu, he made a plan with Jinshang. Most of the princes' core staff also heard about it.

As a staff member offering wine, how could I not know about it? "

This explanation makes sense, so Qingyun didn't doubt it, but replied coldly,

"Oh? We just saw the third prince outside the temple today, but we didn't expect the fourth prince to be one step ahead."

"Hey, the so-called stupid bird flies first.

The third prince and the fourth prince's mother clan are not as powerful as the two elder brothers, so naturally they have to work harder. "

When Li Shenjun said this, his tone was very drawn out, and his expression was rather weird.

The prince is the adopted son of the empress dowager, and the second prince is the son of a noble person.
Gao and Feng's two prominent families in Northern Yan are naturally one of the most powerful forces in the north at this time.

If we look at other dynasties, after the crown prince loses power, no matter whether it is the order of the elders or the power of the mother clan, the status of the second prince is naturally outstanding, and there should be no suspense about the emperor's funeral.

But it happened that this time and place was the Wei State of the Northern Dynasty, and the pros and cons of this became very subtle.

Throughout the ages, the heirs of the royal family are often not used to accepting their fate.

After all, the person who gets the seat will definitely have the power over the world, while the one who doesn't grab the seat can only live in fear for the rest of his life, and a slight overstep or change may lead to the disaster of extinction.

Such a huge contrast made countless sons and grandsons try to squeeze across the single-plank bridge without hesitation.

The ancestors of the Tuoba family had learned many lessons from previous dynasties, so they were extremely decisive in the matter of establishing an heir, and formulated a very bloody and criticized system——

Insist on the eldest son ascending the throne, and the son and mother die, so as to prevent heir disputes and foreign relatives interfering in politics.

When the emperor's first son was born, he would be established as a prince immediately, his mother would be poisoned on the spot, the mother clan would be expelled from the capital, and the prince would be raised by the queen.

The current prince's mother family, the Lin family, has evaporated mysteriously, and no one knows where it is.

Now that the crown prince suddenly loses power, the mothers of the other princes are still alive and well, this situation becomes more delicate.

Especially the second prince, his mother clan's Gao family has a big tail, and the "master of the country" is even holding a heavy soldier and squatting beside the couch in Luodu - Liang Guojun, where Xiaoxia Qing and his party made a scene the day before yesterday.

At this time, if it is really necessary to follow the system to kill noble people and eliminate the Gao clan's forces around Luodu, I am afraid it will not be that simple.

Li Shenjun emphasized the concept of the mother clan here, just to remind Qingyun that success is also a mother clan, and failure is also a mother clan. Unless the old Gao family wants to change the sky and rebel, otherwise the strength of the Gao clan will definitely become a drag on the second prince.

Qingyun's expression remained unchanged, his tone remained cold,
"So brother Li put his bet on the fourth prince?"

"Hey, brother Qing is a smart person. If you don't explain a lot of things, brother Qing will definitely doubt my sincerity."

Li Shenjun paused for a moment, and Yan Wanwan, coaxing each other,
"My Longxi Li family has existed for hundreds of years and has its own way.

This kind of thing has been experienced a lot.

Naturally, you don't put all your eggs in one basket at a time like this.

I took the initiative to find brother Qing today, but I was actually entrusted by someone. "

"Oh? Entrusted by whom?"

"It was the nobleman that Qing Yun met on the mountain road at the back gate of the monastery."

"Third Prince?"

Li Shenjun coughed twice in embarrassment,

"That's right, the third and fourth princes are weak after all, if they don't work together, it's hard to accomplish anything.

The mother clans of the two parties have formed an alliance in secret. Even if one party is injured, the other party will take care of and protect its bloodline. "

If the mother clan is damaged, it will naturally succeed on behalf of the prince. As long as the foundation is preserved, it will not be difficult to restore the noble family within one dynasty.

Qing Yun naturally understood this point, but the doubt and uneasiness in his heart did not subside in the slightest.

"Why did you tell me all these secrets?"

Li Shenjun threw another charming smile,
"Brother Qing is from the south after all, so he will not be involved in the heir struggle in the northern dynasty.

Even if you are sworn sworn brothers with the Little Dragon King, it is a matter of the world.

Little Dragon King, an idle prince, is famous for valuing the rivers and lakes rather than the community. He supports the second prince only because he is loyal to morality and will not get too deep into the game, so it's okay.

After all, these things cannot be hidden from today, and there is nothing to hide.

But the third prince really wants to make friends with Brother Qing, so he specially asked me to bring a word,

I hope that when I have time someday, I can have a chat with brother Qing alone. I don't know what brother Qing wants? "

"Okay! But in exchange, I also want to understand from Brother Li."

Li Shenjun didn't expect Qingyun to agree so readily, and then made a condition on his own, he couldn't help but feel a little stunned.

"Oh? Brother Qing, please tell me."

"I don't know what brother Li thinks of the four princes?"

Qingyun suddenly asked about this festival, but it was actually due to his own knot in his heart.

Originally, he had always cherished the regret of his father's failure to kill the king.

But after getting acquainted with Little Dragon King and getting the promise of King Wei, his idea of ​​inheriting his father's will has gradually faded away.

But fading is not disappearing. He recognized Wei Wang's personal charm and governance measures, but he was not persuaded by Wei Wang's universal principles.

The righteousness of Huayi instilled in him by Uncle Chen since he was a child still fills his mind and deeply implants his blood.

The Northern Dynasties have been inhabited by the Chinese people in the Central Plains since ancient times, and one day it will belong to the Chinese people.

Today, the king of Wei revived the rituals of the Han Dynasty. This is very good, but it is not enough.

If the king of Wei State cannot uphold this national policy later, Qingyun still cannot let himself be completely relieved.

When he was under house arrest in the palace, although he met several princes and even the fifth prince with braids upside down,
But there was no actual communication with any of them.

If Qingyun wanted to give himself an explanation, he needed an answer.

Qingyun himself knew very well that if the future king of the Wei Kingdom really had to be the abolished prince, he would never be able to let go of his past grievances.

Li Shenjun's eyes flickered, obviously he didn't understand why Qingyun was interested in the princes,
But since the statement is an exchange, he will naturally not neglect,

After thinking for a moment, he replied seriously,

"You should have seen the waste prince.

He grew up in Pingcheng when he was young, and he was greatly influenced by the nobles of the generation. He is arrogant and arrogant, and is not friendly to the Chinese.

To be honest, the Central Plains gentry had long thought of impeaching the prince, but they did not expect that it would be the old Daidi clan who led to his own demise in the end, which is a bit ironic.

As for the second prince Yuanke, he learned from Cui Jingru of Qinghe, and he is quite a gentleman, but because he is too lenient, he has been criticized by the public today.

Although the third prince Yuan Yu is not very old, he is very intelligent, sociable, courteous and virtuous. The world thinks that Meng Chang is now, but it is too ostentatious.

The fourth prince, Yuan Yi, was fond of reading and chatting, and his palace was very deep. "

Although this commentary is only a few words, it will stop when it reaches the point, but it pays attention to current comments, and also talks about the pros and cons, so it can be said that it is not pertinent.

Qingyun nodded again and again, it seemed that the other party still respected him very much, and there was no intention of prevarication.

So Qingyun clasped his fists in thanks,

"Thank you, Brother Li, I have something important to do today, so I need to go first.

It was too much work for Brother Li to bring a message to the third prince, and he said that he would be bothered someday. "

When it comes to this, it can barely be regarded as a happy conversation,
Therefore, Li Shenjun's expression was obviously relaxed at this time, and Xiang Qingyun clasped his fists together, and then disappeared into the winding corridors again.

Qingyun's heart is actually not as calm as it seems. Although he is not involved in the matter deeply, under the strict guidance of Uncle Chen, he is familiar with the "Jing" and "History".

So he still knows something about the royal heir struggle.

Now that the second prince has entered the tiger's mouth, it is an excellent opportunity for the third prince and the fourth prince to kill someone with a knife.

Since even Qingyun wanted to get this point, those players who were at the top of the schemes had already seen through it, so Li Shenjun was not afraid to show up directly to lobby.

Most of their ultimate goal is to persuade themselves to stay out of the matter.

However, can people who have already fallen into the whirlpool really stay out of it?

Qingyun's footsteps also became extraordinarily heavy at this time.

pedal, pedal, pedal, pedal,
Following a rush of tigers and dragons, a loud voice echoed in the empty palace, buzzing like an echo,
"Your Majesty, the third prince has left the palace privately."

King Wei's face was calm, and he didn't seem surprised at all.

"Oh, where did he get the access token?"

The big man who was reporting to King Wei was Yang Dayan, he continued,
"It should have followed Princess Pengcheng's luan chariot out of the palace."

The eldest princess is married and widowed, and still needs to live in her husband's house, but she still has the right to visit the palace from time to time, and of course there will be a pass token.

King Wei nodded,

"Hey, at this moment, only the sixth younger sister would act so rashly. Is there any movement from the fourth prince?"

"The fourth prince himself is still at peace, but according to the informant, he has sent his staff to the temple in advance."

"Staff? His royal title has not been entrusted, and he opened the mansion privately?"

"The fourth prince has always followed the rules of etiquette, so naturally he dare not overstep.

His current staff did not use the private official system, but dealt with it according to the door.

Li Shenjun, chief of staff, said that the sacrificial wine has not been called a long history. "

"Li Shenjun? But the son of Li Zuo's family?"

"Return to Your Majesty, that's right."

In the case of the assassination of the king more than ten years ago, Li Zuo had an affair with the southerners. Although there is no evidence to prove that he was directly involved in the case of the assassination of the king, it is difficult to completely get rid of the involvement, so he was always taboo by the king of Wei.

At this time, King Wei's expression finally became serious.

"Help me keep an eye on Li Shenjun, especially pay attention to his contact with those southerners."

"Yes! However, the southerners seem to have sent another group of people to the Taishi, and they seem to be making a big move."

"Huh!" King Wei raised his hand and hit the armrest of the dragon chair hard.
"If those celestial masters dare to step on two boats again, I will not be as merciful as Emperor Wencheng, and give them a chance of life. You ask someone to bring my oral order to Taoist Guanyun, and let him give me an explanation .”

"Returning to Your Majesty, Daoist Guanyun has already informed our informant.

This group of people were silk merchants from the Southern Dynasty, led by elder Qi Wu's brother, but their presence at this time was indeed suspicious.

Taoist Guanyun also thought that their people seemed to be avoiding Xiao Yan and his party on purpose, and the two groups of southerners should have their own plans. "

"Can you figure out the power that secretly echoes the prince?"

"Now the forces of all parties have not shown any obvious flaws.

The day before yesterday, a monk from the Piqian Kingdom of the Panpan Kingdom shot at the little dragon king's brother-in-law who was tracking Erzhu Xinxing's whereabouts, and knocked him off the cliff.

Later, it was found out that the two were just in a hurry to buy veterinary medicine to appease the suddenly irritable southern tiger.

It seems that there is nothing wrong with the informant tracking down the town veterinarian who came into contact with them.

The Japanese expressed their willingness to be loyal to General Feng, but were assassinated after contacting General Feng.

The identity of the assassin should be a woman. Since no one witnessed the incident, the real culprit and motive have not yet been ascertained.

"Understood, has Du Qingjie's whereabouts been verified?"

"pretty close.

It's just that many informants in the system are still loyal to Master Du Qingjie, and it is difficult for us to obtain accurate information. "

"Well, keep an eye on Little Dragon King's progress.

At critical times, they must be reminded of their precautions, so as not to disturb Du Qing Jie. "

"Follow the order!"

"By the way, the Empress has improved in Buddhism recently, and she wants to find a guru to enlighten her. Who do you think is more suitable?"

This nonsensical remark stunned Yang Dayan, but fortunately he had been with you for a long time and was the most considerate, so he understood the main point in a short while.

"I think that Songshan Lanruo Bhikkhuni is the most suitable master Sengzhi."

"Then who can protect the queen?"

"This... Your Excellency said bluntly, the second prince has already taken a huge risk in entering the temple this time.

Why bother the Queen?

Minister... oh!

If necessary, the minister's wife can protect the queen well. "

"If the second prince can get close to crossing the love tribulation, naturally there is no need to alarm the queen.

Therefore, it may be time for Mrs. Lai to work. "

Yang Dayan had a wry smile on his face, this trick was already done by King Wei, and a series of questions were waiting for him to drill, how could he not be tricked?He could only solemnly answer: "Zunyu!"

"For the third prince and the fourth prince, I will seal the title of king as soon as possible so that they can stop thinking about it.

The position of the fourth prince's long history will not be sealed, and I will personally confer a title of sacrificial wine to the boy of the Li family, hoping that the fourth prince will know how to advance and retreat.

As for the third prince, tell him to come back quickly to listen to Feng, and don't join in the fun. "

"Zunyu! I don't know where the eldest princess is..."

"My sixth sister, I can't control her.

Let General Pan take a word for me, and let her go home early after having fun. "

Suzhai was in progress for the "Prince" to meet the wind, and another sealed letter was sent to the temple in an urgent [-] li.

Daoist Datong was holding a piece of memo, his hands trembling uncontrollably, as if the yellow paper was so heavy that he was about to drop it to the ground.

Datong handed the letter to the little dragon king sitting in the seat,
"Envoy, please take a look."

The little dragon king grabbed the letter paper and glanced twice, jumped up from the stool, suddenly found that the eyes everywhere looked like he was shooting at him, Fang felt that something was wrong, and said hastily,
"Oh, that, my brother-in-law needs me urgently, I'll come whenever I go."

The little dragon king pulled Daoist Datong aside, and then began to complain wildly,
"King Wei really doesn't think it's a big deal, he didn't mention this when I set off from Luoyang.

Why did you follow such a decree so quickly?
I also want to send the queen here, oh my dear mother, what kind of bad idea did I come up with, it’s good now, it’s going to be a big deal..."

Datong hurriedly persuaded from the side,
"Special envoy, don't worry, I'll find a messenger to make arrangements in the back mountain.

However, this is a secret decree, and it should not fall into the eyes of idlers. It is necessary to find a reliable person to take care of it.

The head of the orthodoxy in the temple is obviously inconvenient to leave today, and only a few disciples of Maitreya hall are left.

I know that the special envoy has always been worried about Maitreya hall, so I specifically want to ask the special envoy what he means. "

The Little Dragon King came back to the temple this time as a special envoy to escort the "Prince", but he was still not used to being called by Datong's official name, and at this time he shook his head like a rattle,
"No, no, the first seat of Maitreya Hall is the weirdest.

I can't believe it, I see..."

At this moment, he saw a hand in the crowd outside the hall beckoning to him, as if trying to get his attention.

The little dragon king took a closer look and recognized Qingyun. He couldn't help being overjoyed. He said to Datong,
"My foster brother is in the crowd, let them escort him.

Datong hurry up and invite someone, we will meet here. "

The little dragon king parted from the crowd and welcomed Qing Yun in.
Before the Little Dragon King could open his mouth, Qingyun had already talked about Liu Ying's injury and unconsciousness like a cannonball, the third prince's entry into the mountain, and being spied on by a monk wearing an imperial monk's robe.

He didn't even take a few breaths in the middle, but his face turned red and his neck veins bulged when he spoke, and he finally uttered the last word.

The little dragon king was shocked when he heard this, and immediately wanted to see his third brother, but was stopped by Qingyun desperately.

"Brother, it's important to check out the realities of the chief seats.

The third brother is taken care of by the second brother, and he can rest assured. "

Only then did the little dragon king think about the business, and told about the matter of escorting the secret letter to the back mountain, and then suddenly remembered something, and asked,

"Did Fourth Sister and Miss Yin not come back?"

"Huh?" Qingyun just remembered that he hadn't seen the pair of wild girls for three days, and the events of these three days were too tight, and there was no time to worry about this episode.

Seeing Qingyun's expression, the Little Dragon King already knew the result, but a few girls wandering around the town for a few more days may not cause any serious problems, especially little devils like Hu Caiting and Yin Seke.

So he only frowned, and ordered,

"Get busy with business first, I will send some people down the mountain to look for it tomorrow."

At this time, Daoist Datong also led a woman dressed as a bhikkhuni to walk quickly.

After a few people exchanged pleasantries, Qingyun knew that this woman was Yang Wei, a nun from Qiuchi Kingdom, who was on the list of Siyi Hall.

He remembered that day when Li Shenjun tapped Yang Wei's name with his knuckles, he looked as if he had realized something, and couldn't help but look at the woman more.

Li Shenjun's background is complicated. At that time, he thought that Yang Wei was an important person who revealed the secret of Houshan, and the messenger who came and went to Houshan was also the same person. She must have an extraordinary life experience.

But in terms of appearance, this Yang Wei is nothing special, she is just an ordinary middle-aged nun, not only is her appearance plain, but there is no gap in the places where the years are easy to leave, one can tell that she is a widow A devout monk who practiced asceticism.

Qingyun's strange gaze did not affect this Cultivator Yang in any way, she still bowed politely, stretched out her hands and said,
"Young hero, this way please."

His voice was rather hoarse, and he was as ordinary as his appearance.

She led the way and walked ahead, Qingyun hurriedly bid farewell to Datong and elder brother, and followed quickly.

Yang Li's expression was stern, he didn't like to speak, and he just walked forward all the way.

On the other hand, Qingyun is always looking for opportunities to strike up a conversation,

"Yang Daoyou, I met General Yang Big Eye when I was in Luodu.

While chatting, I learned that he is also from Qiu Chi, but I don't know if he and Daoyou Yang belong to the same family? "

"That's right, General Big Eye is also Di Yang."

"Di Yang?"

"Chou Chi is the residence of the Di people.

The Qiang and Di are all mountain people, the Qiang people are herdsmen, and the Di people are farming, so it is different. "

"I heard that Qiuchi is located in the Wudu Mountains, but the terrain is flat, there are ten thousand hectares of fertile land, and the scenery is excellent, like an outdoor peach garden."

"The real name there is Hechi. At the turn of the two Han Dynasties, there was an old man named Kai Xiao who was Wang Mang's respected national scholar, and was honored as a guest by Gongsun Shu, but because of this, he was attacked by the Later Han Dynasty. The Kai family almost overwhelmed his family. The peach blossoms in this year are more colorful than other places."

Qiu Chi's real name was He Chi, so Qing Yun knew it, but he had never heard of Qiu Chi's origin.

In this way, I was directly beaten back by Yang Wei, and I couldn't continue talking today.

So he could only silently follow behind Yang Wei without asking any more questions.

The two of them went one after the other, without talking all the way, until they came to the small temple where the Dragon King's young hero was helpless that day.

Today, the heads of all the halls are located in the front mountain. I don't know who is the sacred one sitting here now?
When he came to the steps of the main hall, Qingyun suddenly heard a chattering female conversation, which seemed to be from two people.

The two voices were clear and melodious, and they were both girls.

It's just that their accents are a bit strange. Qingyun thinks that they seem to be the local accent of Wu, and it seems to be like the Vietnamese language of Fujian.

Yang Lie stopped in front of the steps, straightened his clothes, and coughed lightly twice.

Just listen to "Hey?", "Take mud?", two soft calls,

Two petite figures jumped out of the hall, one red and one white, standing on both sides of the hall door.

The left-handed woman is dressed in red. Although she is not tall, her figure is extremely hot.

Among the women Qingyun read, only depression can be compared with it.

It's just that the red-clothed woman's eyes are picturesque, her appearance is still above depression, and her gestures are undisguised, which makes Qingyun's spine shudder when she sees it, and she dare not look at her.

The other girl in white is a nun with a foot ring, and her demeanor is dignified, which is in stark contrast to the girl in red.

Not only is her clothes pure white, her skin is even more smooth and delicate, like a virgin who has not experienced wind and rain.

Although she leaped swiftly, flashing a white line,
But since she stood still, she kept her knees aggrieved, her hands clasped respectfully on her knees, her beautiful eyes wide open, her cherry lips slightly parted, and her neck bent to look down the steps.

"""""Knock on the blackboard time"""""

In the previous section, we discussed the Yue people from Silla. In this section, we will sort out the Wu people, Baekje and Japanese aristocrats.

The relationship between the Baekje royal family and the Japanese royal family is very clear in the history books of both Korea and Japan.In the previous article, we have mentioned that Baekje’s Sanjin King Juesi, who came to the new king from Japan, actually had a precedent of sending the prince to Japan to grow up in Baekje as early as the time of King Ashin; among Japanese noble surnames, the Baekje family As the No. [-] family with the surname of Dulai, there are detailed records in the history books of the intermarriage of the royal families of the two countries.

Before the emergence of "Taking Asia" in the Meiji period, Wu Yuan said that it had always been one of the mainstream theories of Japanese ethnic origin.

The earliest evidence for this statement comes from the Chinese history books "Wei Lue", "Jin Shu", and "Liang Shu", all of which record "(Women) claiming to be after Taibo (Wu Taibo)", until the end of the Southern Song Dynasty's "Zi Zhi Tong "Jianqian Pian" stated that "today, Japan also said that after Wu Taibo, Wu died, and his branch concubines entered the sea as Japanese."

On the peninsula, similar statements were also recorded in "Haidong Zhuguoji" and "Japanese Zhuangyouge" during the Li Dynasty.

Japan's own Confucian scholars said from Zhongyan Enyue's "Nihonki" that "Kuochang Lizun is the successor of Taibo Wu", and Emperor Shenmu is also the descendant of Taibo Wu.Later, the Edo Confucianist Lin Luoshan of the former family of the Hayashi family also held the same view in "Shenmu Tianhuang Lun" and "Honcho Tongjian".Even the "History of the Church in Japan" at the time when Christianity was first introduced also included the same point of view.

The textual evidence is of course very thin, but the cultural examples are more convincing.The pronunciation of Chinese characters in Japanese mainly includes "Wu Yin", "Han Yin", "Tang Yin" and "Usually Sound". Among them, Wu Yin has "harmonious sound", "Tsushima sound" and "Baekje sound". known as.Before the "envoy to Tang Dynasty" was stationed, "Wu Yin" was the main source of Japanese elegant dialect.From the change of the name of Wu Yin, we can also clearly see the migration relationship between Wu, Baekje and Wa.

In addition, the popular Wu clothes, lacquer boxes, and clogs in contemporary Japan have been proved by archeology to be the Wu culture of the Three Kingdoms era (refer to the cultural relics unearthed from the tomb of Zhu Ran).Wu Zhi and Wu Yu are also the origin of Japanese Chinese clothing.

Of course, we also need to clarify two concepts here.

Japanese culture has now formed a gradually independent cultural system. Out of the needs of the original culture, there has been criticism of the traceability of Wu culture since ancient times.Especially after the popularity of "Theory of Leaving Asia", it has almost lost its momentum under the general trend of de-sinicization, and is no longer the mainstream theory.

Wu people/Baekje people are not the only provenance in Japan.Except for the Jomon people in Japan, the process of crossing (Central Plains, Peninsula) has gone through many times (this is the content of subsequent works in this series, which will map the research results of history and modern genetic biology. not detailed here).Only the Wu people, Baekje had a more profound influence on the culture of ancient Japan, and also contributed a lot to the composition of the Japanese Chinese.

Readers who are serious about reading the sketches at the end of the article may have a doubt at this time.Since the author calls Baekje one of the northern and southern Buyeo, and has a relationship with the Yu family, but Chinese history clearly records that Wu Taibo is a descendant of the surname Ji, isn’t this contradictory?Don't worry, in the next section, we will share the real origin of "Wu Taibo".

(End of this chapter)