Marry Changle in Datang

Chapter 934 : Resentment!time!

This King Pei is also a smart man, he knows the truth that he can't force others to be difficult, especially for a powerful minister like Qin Xiaole, if he can't be used by him, he should stay away from him, and just hope that he will not ruin his own affairs.

Li Xian thought of this, turned away the woman in the hall, and said to his subordinates.

"You must not provoke Qin Xiaole, based on what this king knows about him, he is not a troublesome person, remember!"

All the subordinates obeyed King Pei's instructions, and naturally obeyed.

Qin Xiaole got out of "Five Blessings Residence", and rode on his own horse, muttering to himself all the way.

"Wait for your brothers to fight for the heir, and what will you do at my master's suggestion? If you are sensible, don't provoke me. Otherwise, my master will let you know how many eyes Prince Ma has."

This fellow controlled the horse and returned slowly to the mansion, but because Princess Taiping smelled the smell of incense powder on her body because of playing with the girl in the "Five Blessings Residence", it made the girl jealous, and she held Qin Xiaole reluctantly. Rao said.

"Where is the son-in-law going to sneak back here? Can you tell me, the princess, that I will go and summon these younger sisters to the mansion so that the son-in-law can have fun at any time."

How did Qin Xiaole dare to admit that he was having an affair with a woman, pretending to be confused and asking the princess.

"What are you talking about, little girl, when will the little surplus food that your father saves be given to you?"

The princess heard the words and said again.

"Hmph! You still have to lie. The clothes you wear are more honest than yours. You might as well smell them yourself!"

Looking at the jealous princess who seemed to be playing with herself, Qin Xiaole had no choice but to reveal the fact that his elder brother Li Xian had invited him to the "Five Blessings Residence", but told the princess not to bring this matter back to the palace and tell the emperor. Empress, so as not to attract people's envy and cause unnecessary troubles.

Princess Taiping was originally a smart woman, upon hearing her husband's words, she immediately understood King Pei's intentions, and she greatly agreed with her husband's way of handling such matters, she did not speak any more, but gently leaned her body into Qin Xiaole's arms.

Qin Xiaole embraced the princess, and couldn't help rubbing her hands around the plump wife, which made Princess Taiping wink and gasp. Both of them are young and young, so how can they bear such passion? , regardless of it being dark at this time, they both rolled into the bed humming and chirping.

After the husband and wife were traveling in the clouds, and it was time to hold the lamps when they got up, Princess Taiping ordered the servants in the mansion to quickly bring delicious food and wine. The gentle, virtuous, and seductive appearance made Qin Xiaole so teased, and his hands became dishonest, but she was forced to eat and drink enough by Princess Taiping with a coquettish smile.

After the meal, the two of them rested for a while, and Princess Taiping led the eager and beautiful boy to another room, in the pool filled with warm water, to find the joy of mandarin ducks playing in the water...

Since Pei Wang Li Xian was politely rejected by Qin Xiaole that day, he has not continued to pester and harass him, so that everyone still interacts as usual and lives in peace.

The relationship between the prince and the princes in the palace seems to be calm, but undercurrents are turbulent.

Li Zhi noticed that his son Pei Wang Li Xian's tendency to compete for the crown became more and more obvious, and he was afraid that the brother-in-law would kill each other again. Peace of mind, he can't let this kind of thing happen under his nose.

At that time, Prince Li Hong was deeply favored by his father, Emperor Li Zhi. Li Zhi often praised the prince in front of ministers in the palace.

"The prince is benevolent and filial, the reception of the ministers is in line with the etiquette, and there has never been any fault."

It is precisely because Li Zhi valued the prince Li Hong that Li Xian was very dissatisfied with Li Hong, the elder brother of the same father and mother. Li Xian thought that he was better than his brother in every aspect, so why would he be The prince can't.

Li Xian had such intentions, and the courtiers who followed him in Prince Pei's mansion also secretly exerted force, which made his idea of ​​fighting for the crown more and more vigorous, and his actions became more and more bold.

From Pei Wang Li Xian's close contact with the courtiers, Li Zhi found out the clues that were not good for the prince, and he was furious, thinking that this is okay, you want to turn the world upside down if I am still alive, but I still have the emperor and father in my eyes.

From then on, Li Zhi made people pay close attention to Li Xian's actions, but wanted to see how capable his son was.

Prince Li Hong, at this time, did not know that his younger brother Li Xian coveted his crown prince, but he was busy assisting his father and mother to deal with the military affairs of the court.

It turns out that after the Tang army was defeated in Dafeichuan and had to negotiate peace with Tubo, Li Zhi prepared to conscript Tubo again in order to regain the lost land.

In order to complete the imperial edict, many officials in various places received orders, and acted rudely, arbitrarily changing the imperial conscription regulations, so that those who cannot join the army for some reason, or those who fail to report to the barracks within the time limit, will be punished with death. Moreover, the family members were also implicated in being enslaved by the army, which immediately aroused the anger of the people in several states of the Tang Dynasty, and there were violent incidents in which people attacked the yamen in many places.

These memorials that aroused public indignation fell to the court like snowflakes. The Ersheng summoned the courtiers to discuss in the hall. Hearing that the scouts reported the chaos of conscription in various places, Li Zhi became furious and reprimanded the officials for their ineffectiveness, causing all the ministers to bow their heads. Without saying a word, no one dared to touch the emperor's anger at this time.

Prince Li Hongwen also felt great grief and indignation after hearing the report from the detective cavalry officer Yu Shang, this boy Rende stood up and said.

"Father, mother, queen; I have heard from the inspector cavaliers that if the children of the common people fail to report to the army in time, the whole family will be implicated, and the yamen will continue to commit crimes and imprison many of them at will regardless of the reason for being late." The people, the situation is really abominable, no one dares to say that everything is going smoothly when thinking of someone on the way, or sickness, or meeting bandits, or crossing the river, or fear of fleeing, or being seriously injured, etc. Their family members and ministers think that this is an irresponsible behavior of the government who is lazy, ignorant of the facts, and if the court allows these mediocre officials to act like this, it will make the court's politics clear, and the national policy of devoting itself to the people's livelihood and caring for the people will be discredited by the world. People criticized me, and I implore the father, the emperor, and the mother to issue a decree to reprimand and dismiss the officials who did not act, and to exempt the military law from the stipulation that the soldiers' family members are connected because of mistakes."

Hearing the words of the prince, Li Zhi finally calmed down, put away his thunderous anger, and spoke in a calm tone.

"What the prince played really won my heart. The Zhongshu Ling, the Ministry of War, and the Ministry of Officials sent personnel to thoroughly investigate the chaos in this conscription. Any officials who have committed crimes, bullied the people, and ignored human lives may be dismissed depending on the severity of the circumstances. Hold people accountable and indignate the people."

When Li Zhi finished speaking, Wu Zetian also said.

"All ministers should do their best to obey the order, and don't slack off!"

All the ministers in the hall heard the decree of the two sages, and Zhongshu ordered all the prime ministers, the ministers of the Ministry of war and the Ministry of officials to speak in unison.

"We will abide by the orders of the Second Sage, and dare not slack off."

Hearing the words of the ministers, Li Zhi issued two orders.

"I want to inspect Guanzhong with the empress, so that the crown prince Li Hong will be in Chang'an Palace to preside over military and political affairs on my behalf, and perform the duties of supervising the country."

"The Imperial Court's Zhongshuling sent people to Licheng with a half-deputy Luan, and announced that the general of the town and the king of Qi, Xu Tian, ​​would sit in Chang'an and assist the crown prince in supervising the country."

These two decrees made the courtiers feel a kind of inexplicable pressure, and made Li Xian get a warning message.

Prince Li Hong was ordered to supervise the country in Chang'an City, while Qin Wenyuan received Li Zhi's imperial edict in Qizhou's "Licheng", but he couldn't help but smile bitterly, thinking that he hadn't cared about court affairs for a long time, but this emperor's child repeatedly dragged himself into the court The vortex of fighting for power and profit makes one's Dao heart ups and downs between the world of mortals and the outside world, and ruins his state of mind of swimming in the avenue of heaven and earth, proving the Tao without doing anything.

When Qin Wenyuan received the order, he couldn't help sighing.

"Such a tribulation, perhaps it is a test for Xu to pursue the realm of selflessness in Taoism!"

Qin Wenyuan had no choice but to think this way, and actually floated out of the "Green Wind View", and ordered the officials who greeted him to put away half a pair of luxuries and return to Beijing to return to Beijing, but he and his wives went to Chang'an City like a tour. "Prince Qi's Mansion", when they arrived at the mansion, they ordered Chen Laosan to pay close attention to the contacts between the princes and the ministers.

Prince Li Hongde Qin Wenyuan sits in Chang'an to assist him, and he is determined. He respects this Prince Qi who never imposes his thoughts on others. He often goes to the "Qi Palace" to ask Qin Wenyuan for advice. Qin Wenyuan always talked to him with a smile.

"The way of governing the country, the prince should keep in mind the four words of enriching the people and strengthening the country. This is the kingly way. For military and political affairs, the prince can devote himself to state affairs according to the understanding of these four words. You don't have to come to the mansion often to ask for advice. Since the emperor made Xu sit in Chang'an , the prince should devote himself to state affairs, and don't be disturbed by external factors."

Li Hong understood half of Qin Wenyuan's words, and what confused him was the word "disturbed by external factors", but he didn't know that this was the protection given to him by his father and the real reason why Li Zhi made Qin Wenyuan sit in Chang'an. It's nothing more than to deter the princes and courtiers of the empire who have evil intentions.

There was a prince in charge of the country in Chang'an City, and after Qin Wenyuan was in charge, Li Zhi and Empress Wu Zetian began to inspect the Guanzhong area. At this time, there was a drought in Guanzhong, and famine occurred in many places.

Qin Xiaole led thousands of soldiers from the Jinwu Guard to inspect with the Ersheng, and found that the soldiers stationed in many places were starved of food. Reporting to the two saints, Li Zhi and Wu Zetian beheaded dozens of local officials in a row to appease the anger of the army and the people, and issued an order to open official warehouses to rescue the soldiers and the people.

Along the way, Li Zhi finally discovered that the heyday of the Tang Dynasty was caused by officials of the local yamen who falsely reported their political achievements. The Chang'an Imperial Palace, even the government's various ministries and yamen, took measures to assess the achievements of officials and send people to verify them. They vowed to kill a group of corrupt officials and clean up the government.

Qin Xiaole returned to the mansion to visit his parents and aunts, and talked about what he saw on the way, Qin Wenyuan said to his son after hearing about it.

"Human nature is so, it is God's will, the taste of power is not everyone can stick to the heart, my son should take this as a lesson, and do what is in his own right. If one day I can't get used to the darkness of the officialdom and don't want to continue to be an official, You can go back to Licheng to be a rich man and do what you like."

Hearing his father's words, Qin Xiaole obediently agreed, but was reprimanded by his mother, Princess Xiangcheng.

"Little bastard, after such a long time of marriage, there is still no movement in Taiping. My mother has long been looking forward to hugging her grandson. Look at your elder brothers. There are several children. This makes my mother very jealous. You have to do it too." Fight for my old lady, okay?"

The wives of Qin Wenyuan sitting beside him were all overjoyed to see this kid's embarrassment after being scolded by his wife and not daring to talk back.

Qin Xiaole heard what his old lady said, but thought to himself.

"It's not a matter of being up to date. The boy has worked very hard, but he can't bear the fruit. What can the boy do?"

Just when the wives in the Qin Mansion were teasing Qin Xiaole, the crown prince Li Hong in the palace was asking his father Li Zhi for advice on the phrase "not to be disturbed by external factors" that Qin Wenyuan said. meaning of words.

Hearing this, Li Zhi knew that his son had a pure heart, so he said with a smile.

"The emperor doesn't need to think too much. What King Qi said, even the emperor sometimes has to think about it for a long time to get what he wants."

This is because Li Zhi didn't want to tell the truth, so as not to let this kind-hearted son know that the brothers used all kinds of methods to fight for the reserve and get upset.

Seeing his son's bewildered appearance, Li Zhi lamented that although heirs born in the royal family are noble, they have lost the normal family relationship between father and son and brothers, and he couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

"It's all the fault of power!"

In a blink of an eye, time entered the third year of "Xianheng" in the Tang Dynasty (672).

After the Datang court dealt with and killed a group of corrupt officials who were affected by the two-year natural disaster in the Guanzhong area, the social conflicts were alleviated. Although the people's livelihood was gradually restored, the aftermath of the defeat of Dafeichuan made the Tang Dynasty Politics and economy have been affected to varying degrees.

The prince Li Hong was praised both inside and outside the government and the public for his benevolence, filial piety and benevolence. However, this prince was weak since childhood, often fell ill and could not handle military affairs for a long time. During the period of supervision, Li Hong was mostly a general Political affairs are always handed over to the officials of the East Palace Dai Zhide, Zhang Wenguan, Xiao Dezhao and others to handle them on their behalf.

Dai Zhide, Zhang Wenguan, and Xiao Dezhao, three officials of the Eastern Palace, assisted the prince in handling military affairs. Human beings are so powerful that they often make some difficult and protracted matters in the court reported to the East Palace for the three to deal with.

Among the reports they received, the three found that the Shang Palace Bureau had reported the two princesses Yiyang and Xuancheng who had been imprisoned in the deep palace for a long time.

These two princesses are both the daughters of Concubine Xiao Shu who was bestowed to death by Wu Zetian. They are the half-sisters of Prince Li Hong. They are both in their 20s and have not yet married. In the world, there is no shadow of being a princess.

As the organization that manages the affairs of the harem of the Tang Dynasty, the Shang Palace Bureau wants to control the affairs of the two princesses, but it can't do so, for fear that it will lead to punishment from the emperor and the empress. After all, the two princesses are the emperor's own flesh and blood. Because of my mother, I was imprisoned in the deep palace for many years and no one asked me about it. However, the master is the master, and there are all kinds of wrongs. No one dared to do too much. At most, he would show some face to the two princesses and say some ridicule In other words, the distribution of living materials is more harsh.

(End of this chapter)