Marry Changle in Datang

The panic in Qin Xu Shiji's heart was not without reason. Li Zhi's behavior reminded him that the former emperor Li Shimin also went to his mansion in such a subdued way.

Because of this burden, I once had some misunderstandings with my nephew Qin Wenyuan, which made my uncle and nephew almost turn against each other. In the court, because I agreed to Li Shimin to assist the prince, I received a lot of eyes from my colleagues.

Unexpectedly, it has only been ten or so years, and now the emperor has come to a private server just like his father Li Shimin.

"There are so many royal affairs!"

Qin Shiji thought so, but he calmed down and asked someone to bring out some good wine and food. He wanted to see what the little emperor was going to do today.

After the food and drink were ready, the two monarchs and ministers sat casually in the room. After drinking a glass of wine, Li Zhi felt disturbed again, and began to confide to Qin Shiji his own difficulties, his faults as an emperor, his views on the queen and courtiers, and his many dissatisfaction with the current government affairs.

Hearing that the emperor said a lot, Qin Shiji learned to be a good boy this time. Even if Li Zhi said something, he was just a loyal listener, and he didn't express his opinion at all.

Qin Shiji no longer believed in Li Zhi.

Thinking of the current imperial court, Qin Shiji knew that even if he wanted to help Li Zhi, he would not have the ability. The so-called; a single tree cannot make a boat, and it is undoubtedly a dream to turn the world around by one person.

Seeing Qin Shiji groaning silently, Li Zhi was a little impatient. He really wanted to hear if the veteran had any suggestions on how he should face the current situation.

"Didn't Qin Aiqing have anything to say to me?"

"Alas! Your Majesty, it's not that I don't want to say anything, but I don't know how to say it. I think that the empress's concubine has gathered many counselors, and there is nothing wrong with governing the government. If there is turmoil in the court due to the dispute between the emperor and the empress, the gain is not worth the loss. The old minister thinks that the emperor should let nature take its course and wait and see. The way to be a king is to think twice."

Hearing what Qin Shiji said, Li Zhi was very disappointed, and said again.

"Qin Aiqing must have thought about what she said, so you might as well listen to it."

Qin Shiji heard the emperor's tone of displeasure, so in order to prevent the emperor's children from being decadent, he had no choice but to express his thoughts.

"Your Majesty, although Empress Wu is in power now, she is still a woman. After a period of time, the imperial power will eventually return to the hands of the Li family. Why do you say that? Your Majesty may wish to think about the nature of power distribution in the imperial court and the cultural attributes of men superior to women. You must understand the truth. In fact, no matter which dynasty, these truths are unavoidable."

Speaking of this, Qin Shiji saw that the emperor's face seemed to be getting better, so he continued to talk after taking a sip of wine.

"Think about it, your majesty. Those ministers and nobles who followed the previous emperor to conquer the country have long been closely related to the honor and disgrace of the royal family, and they have a self-evident contract. Naturally, they want to keep the emperor's heirs in the country, but the emperor wants to keep their children and grandchildren prosperous. It's just a temporary scene, and it will still fall into the sand in the end, and the dynasty will eventually return to the orthodoxy."

After Qin Shiji finished speaking, Li Zhi felt that all the troubles were gone at this time. He picked up the wine glass, drank the wine in it, and said with emotion.

"Listening to your words is better than reading ten years of books! I have been taught, and the Taiwei deserves my respect."

After Li Zhi finished speaking, he put down his wine glass and wanted to bow his hands, how dare Qin Shiji love him, he walked away and said loudly.

"Your majesty must not do so. How can I be able to accept the worship of the emperor? How can I kill my minister!"

After Li Zhi talked with Qin Shiji that night, it turned out that when the latter two saints came to court, they mostly wore ears, but they rarely interfered with political affairs, which made Wu Zetian's power more and more powerful.

Time passed in a blink of an eye, and it was already the "Three Years of Qianfeng" (668) in the Tang Dynasty.

At the beginning of the year, the two sages delivered a decree to marry Qin Xiaole and the princess, finally achieving a happy marriage for the couple.

Qin Wenyuan was in the spring of the second year of "Qianfeng". After hearing the news that the emperor wanted his son to get married at the beginning of the next year, he brought his wives to the newly built palace in Luoyang. First, he asked the wives to prepare for his son's wedding.

After the wedding of Qin Xiaole and Princess Taiping, he was appointed captain-in-law and was still in charge of the Jinwu Guards. This boy's career and family were prosperous. Qin Shiji was already dying of illness at this time. Qin Wenyuan used Taoism and the medicine in the system to help him live for at most one year.

After Qin Shiji knew his physical condition, he laughed and said to his nephew Xu Tian in the mansion.

"I think the old man has passed his seventieth life, and he has already seen through life and death. To be able to continue his life with a virtuous nephew is considered a change of fate. There is no regret in this life. Thinking that the Qin family is now flourishing and able to squeeze into the ranks of the aristocratic family, the old man is very pleased. It is at this time to see the ancestors. It is safe to have a nephew, such an eternity, to take care of the Xu family!"

In fact, Qin Shiji's words are intentional and unfinished. It is because he knows that the Qin family's achievements today have nothing to do with him. He thinks that he has made great contributions to the Tang Dynasty from the beginning of his life in Wagang, to the three generations of kings Li Yuan, Li Shimin, and Li Zhi.

Now in his twilight years, because of his inherent loyalty to the Li family, this old man sees that Li Zhi is too weak to be an emperor, so he intends to make Qin Wenyuan more than Li Zhi's sons, and choose the one who can take on the important role to assist him, so that he can ascend the throne and return to the Li family.

He dared to think about it, but he didn't dare to tell Qin Wenyuan about it, because the old ghost knew that his nephew had no intention of being an official, and his heart was indifferent. Apart from sparing no effort to consolidate the foundation of the family, he had nothing to do with who would be the emperor and who would sit in the country. Moreover, this nephew had always had the idea that those who win the hearts of the people would win the world. It doesn't matter if it's male or female.

This was the biggest regret in Qin Shiji's heart.

Listening to his uncle's words, Qin Wenyuan saw his silent expression after mentioning the Qin family's Wuyu, roughly guessed what his uncle was thinking, and couldn't help feeling very sad for the old man's foolish loyalty, but his face remained unchanged when he spoke to his uncle.

"For the rest of my uncle's life, Hugh had to worry about state affairs. Today's world is peaceful and prosperous. It must be the original intention of uncle and other seniors to follow the late emperor to conquer the country. Today's people's livelihood and national conditions should be said to have fulfilled the wishes of uncle and other older generations of officials. Therefore, why not let the world's major events go their own way and follow the track of self-generated development."

Qin Wenyuan's words completely blocked Xu Shiji's desire for him to participate in the government, and he would put forward embarrassing and unrealistic ideas on his deathbed.

At this time, in the court of the Tang Dynasty, Li Zhi wanted to build the "Mingtang" to show the prestige of the royal family because he was too idle. In order to verify the relevant matters related to the construction of the "Mingtang" as soon as possible, he changed the year name of the Tang Dynasty to "Zongzhang".

The so-called "Ming Tang" is the place where the emperor worships the heaven, worships the ancestors, accepts court congratulations, and promulgates court decrees. It is the symbol of the dynasty and the symbol of imperial power.

The reason for Li Zhi's behavior must have been stimulated by Wu Zetian's renaming of Luoyang Palace to Taichu Palace. Now that the emperor can't get involved in government affairs, he naturally has to find something to do to pass the boring time, find a reason for his existence, and make courtiers still respect him as an emperor.

After Qin Shiji was blocked by Qin Wenyuan's words that day, his uncles and nephews stopped talking about court affairs, which made the relationship harmonious, so that he was finally recalling the past of the Qin family and his own life experience. He spent his last days with a peaceful mind. Perhaps, with deep nostalgia for the Tang Empire, he went to see his loyal master Li Shimin in the last month of the second year of "Zongzhang" (669).

Qin Shiji died of illness at the age of 76.

When Li Zhi heard the news of Qin Shiji's death, he wept bitterly. He decreed that the imperial court should stop the court for seven days, and bestow the title of "Zhenwu" on Xu Shiji's posthumous posthumous title "Zhenwu".

Later, Li Zhi made another decree to have Qin Shiji's body buried in Zhaoling, and ordered Siping Taichang Bo Yang Rifang to supervise the funeral.

On the day of Qin Shiji's burial, Li Zhi sent a decree to Qin Wenyuan to lead his officials to attend the funeral for Qin Shiji. However, he took his prince Li Hong to the Weiyang Palace and wept bitterly at the hearse of Qin Shiji who was slowly leaving.

Li Zhi's grief is actually due to the loss of a good teacher, and also because of his current situation.

The specifications of Qin Shiji's tomb follow the precedents of famous generals Wei Qing and Huo Qubing in the Western Han Dynasty, and the shape of the Yinshan, Tieshan and Wudelian Mountains is modeled on the building, in recognition of his contribution to defeating the Turks and Xue Yantuo.

After Qin Shiji's funeral was over, Li Zhi and Qin Wenyuan had a long talk all night, saying that Qin Wenyuan should be the head of the seven prime ministers of the Tang Dynasty, but Qin Wenyuan declined. millet.

Qin Wenyuan's resignation and re-canonization is really a matter of changing the soup but not the medicine. After receiving this honor, he already has the idea of ​​leaving Luoyang.

That night, Qin Wenyuan called his son Qin Xiaole to have a secret talk in the study.

"As a father, I will leave Luoyang in a few days. My son should take care of himself in the imperial court. Don't worry about his father. Now the imperial court is as expected by his father. The queen will soon be enthroned as emperor. Thinking about the affairs of the world, he will have his own trajectory. My son must understand the principle of following the trend. This is the foundation of your life. You must not be tempted by others to do things against the sky. Now that you have a family and a business, the way forward is based on your own judgment. If there is something undecided, you can make it Chen Laosan sent a letter to your elder brother in Licheng to ask for help, be careful, be careful!"

After Qin Wenyuan finished speaking, he picked up a letter on the table and continued.

"After my father leaves the capital, you should forward this letter to the emperor. Remember what my father said to you tonight. Go!"

Qin Xiaole took the letter from his father, knelt down and withdrew, but he didn't have any special feelings in his heart. He could understand his father's reluctance to participate in the court's power struggle. Thinking about such mundane things, his father might have already disdained them.

Two days later, when Li Zhi received the letter from Qin Xiaole and forwarded to him by Qin Wenyuan, Qin Wenyuan had already left Luoyang with his wives and eldest daughter Xu Xiaoqian, and embarked on the road back to his hometown in "Licheng" in Qizhou.

After returning to "Licheng", Qin Wenyuan ordered his daughter to sit in the Qin family's mansion in "Xuanyuan" and assist his younger brother Qin Xiaofeng in handling important military and political affairs in Qizhou. However, he brought his wives to the Songlin Mountain near the mansion, and enlightened Taoism and cultivated his mind at the "Qingfeng Temple" in the mountain.

After Li Zhi heard the news that Qin Wenyuan had left Luoyang, although he felt a little lost in his heart, he smiled and said to Qin Wenyuan as if he had received some kind of comfort from Qin Wenyuan's letter.

"You boy, in the future, you should spend more time with my emperor's son, and spend a day in the army ignoring family affairs. Otherwise, let's see how I deal with you."

Seeing the emperor's lonely expression, Qin Xiaole said with a smile in order to make the emperor happy.

"Hey! Why don't you and Taiping make a little man for the emperor to play with?"

These words made Li Zhi's face full of smiles, and he couldn't stop laughing loudly.

"I'm sure about this matter, you little bastard, don't lie to me."

Not long after Qin Wenyuan left Luoyang and retired to "Licheng" in Qizhou, Qin Xiaole finally conditionally agreed to the request of Fang Yong, Du Ziyan, and Wei Wuya to join the Jinwu Guard Army.

Fang Yong, Du Ziyan, and Wei Wuya came to report to the army when they got the news, Qin Xiaole first called them into the room and said solemnly.

"You are in the army, and you have to adapt to the life rhythm of the Jinwu Guard first. After a few months, if you can't adapt to the military regulations in the camp and can't bear the high-intensity training, our buddies have agreed to wait, then we will go back and forth. At that time, Hugh will make everyone unhappy because of such things."

When the three boys heard the words, Wei Wuya replied on his behalf. (end of this chapter)