The Legend of Shushan Xuanjian

Chapter 174
Jiang Bi bird is more than white, and the mountain blue and white is burning.

This spring has passed again, when will it be the year of return.

——"Two Quatrains" by Du Fu

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Another literati surnamed Yan agreed deeply, saying: "After Yu Wenrong's collapse, Wei Jian and Wang Yu's generation were also those who searched for the people's fat and anointment. Wei Jian, capable and agile, supervised the transportation of grain in the Jianghuai River, earning tens of thousands a year, and was able to rise to the top. .

In the second year of Tianbao, Wei Jian, the envoy of Jianghuai Nan Renyu, dug a river channel, guided the Chan water to flow to the Royal Forest Garden, and gathered it into a lake, which is today's Guangyun Lake, for mooring grain ships from Jianghuai.This project is huge, diverting from the Yangtze River and Huaihe River, connecting the capital Chang'an, and it took two years to complete.During this period, countless craftsmen and craftsmen were driven to dig the ancestral graves of the people along the way, which led to public grievances and economic depression.

In the fourth year of Tianbao, Wang Yu was promoted to be a doctor of the household department and a sex servant of the household registration department because of his proper handling of land taxes and taxes.

After Wang Yu came to power, he reciprocated the peach blossoms.He tried his best to exploit the people, curry favor with the emperor, and do what he likes. The annual tribute exceeds 100 billion yuan, which is used for rewards and feasts in the harem.

Where did this tens of billions of money come from?

Wang Yu Shangshu proposed to levy transportation taxes to increase financial resources; in order to search and squeeze, he believed that the soldiers who had died in battle but still had household registration had committed the crime of tax evasion.The families of these fallen soldiers not only cannot receive government pensions, but are forced to pay heavy taxes, feeling sad and resentful. "

Before the literati surnamed Yan finished his sentence, several strong men beside him were already weeping. They cried: "My grandfather and father both died in the battle. Not only did we have no merit, but we were bullied! If you don't avenge this, you will not be human!"

The literati surnamed Yan continued to preach: "Wang Chi created a catastrophe, not only did he have no faults, he was promoted by Li Longjiyao to Yushi Zhongcheng and an interview envoy of Gyeonggi.

Yang Guozhong, the elder brother of Concubine Yang, followed the same pattern and used various methods to squeeze the people to collect money for Li Longji for him to squander, so he was promoted quickly.

In the seventh year of Tianbao, Li Longji promoted Yang Guozhong to be the imperial minister and the imperial censor Zhongcheng, who was responsible for handling the national finance.The favor he has received is increasing day by day.To this day, Yang Guozhong has held more than 20 official positions above the third rank. "

At this time, several Hu people also stood up. The leader was a man with dark brown hair, sunken eye sockets, a high nose bridge, and fair skin.With a strong Hu accent, he roared angrily: "Li Longji is very happy. The border marshal of the Tang Dynasty appointed by him is domineering in our Western Regions, killing and looting wantonly. It has seriously damaged the relationship between Datang and the countries in the Western Regions, and led to the border situation. Extremely unstable.

Our country of Shi is obedient and humble to the Tang Dynasty, and has always paid tribute.In the second year of Tianbao, Tairan, the son-in-law and leader of the state of Kang, was sent to offer gifts; in the fifth year of Tianbao, envoys were sent to offer fifteen celestial horses; The envoy offered Tianma again; in the eighth year of Tianbao, he also sent the crown prince Yuan En to enter the pass for pilgrimage.

King Naju Chebishi of the Shi Kingdom was even more loyal to the Tang Dynasty. He was once canonized as the King of Huaihua by Li Longji, and he was given preferential treatment and iron coupons for exoneration.

Our Shi country is located on the Silk Road, with developed agriculture, good at doing business, and rich in the west.Your Jiedu made Gao Xianzhi covet the wealth of our Stone Kingdom, and wanted to plunder it for himself.In the ninth year of Tianbao, Gao Xianzhi falsely accused our king of "having no courtesies", and led the army to attack.

Gao Xianzhi pretended to send people to make peace with our country first, and then took advantage of the unpreparedness of our soldiers, sent troops to cover up the attack, and captured our king Naju Chebishi and his followers.

After the invasion of our country, Gao Xianzhi obtained a total of more than ten dendrobiums, five or six camels of gold, and the rest of the horse and miscellaneous goods, all of which went into his home..."

Several barbarians beside him were also furious, waving their fists and shouting: "Our Tuqishi is also one of the countries in the Western Regions that is closest to the Tang Dynasty.

On the way back to the army from Shiguo, Gao Xianzhi slandered our Tuqishi for rebellion, attacked Tuqishi, and captured our Yidai Khan.Seeing the resistance of the local people, the Tang army suppressed them wantonly. In addition to the old and weak, women and children, there were also Hu merchants with the nine surnames of Zhaowu who traded in Shiguo. "

One of them was a tall and burly barbarian, with red eyes, weeping, "What's even more hateful is that Gao Xianzhi not only plundered property, but also killed with soldiers, raped and plundered, and even refused to let the old, the weak, the sick and the disabled go. A whole family of more than [-] people died under his iron hoof. When I rushed home, there was not a single person alive in the entire village..."

Thinking of his parents with white hair, his beloved wife and child, the burly barbarian covered his cheeks with his hands and wept uncontrollably.

The leader of the Hu people with dark brown hair went on to say: "In the tenth year of Tianbao, Gao Xianzhi entered the court and offered his captured Tuqi Shi Khan, the Tubo chief, the king of stone, and the king of Shishi. The king of Shiguo, Naju Chebi, went to Chang'an When he opened the far gate, he was killed by Li Longji. Yidial Khan was also executed.

It would be fine if Li Longji didn't know the truth, but when he found out the details of Gao Xianzhi's Western Expedition, he still chose to cover Gao Xianzhi and did not punish him.

Gao Xianzhi committed such a heinous crime, caused a catastrophe, and caused Datang's prestige in the Western Regions to drop greatly. Li Longji didn't care about it. He neither punished Gao Xianzhi nor sent envoys to appease the countries in the Western Regions.Relying on national strength, bullying weak countries.

Well, it is indecent to come and not to go, we Western Regions will never submit to Datang again! "

When everyone was impassioned and denounced Xuanzong, Mr. Gao took out the compass to examine the terrain carefully, and muttered as he walked:

"If it is crouching or continuous, it originates from the sky, if it is like a wave of water, like a galloping horse, if it comes like a gallop, if it stops like a corpse, if it is full of treasures and swallows its breath, if it is full of goodness, it is clean and fasting. If it is a drum, It is like a storage of utensils, like a dragon or a luan, if it is flying or panning, if a bird is crouching or a beast is squatting, it is like a lord of ten thousand vehicles."

"The momentum is like a thousand horses descending from the sky, and the king is buried; the momentum is like a huge wave, with mountains and mountains, and the burial of a thousand rides; the momentum is like a dragon descending, the water surrounds the clouds, and the three princes are noble; the momentum is like a heavy house, with lush grass and trees, and a mansion is opened." Jianguo; the momentum is like a startled snake, bending and slanting slowly, the home of heaven; the momentum is like a spear, and soldiers are dead; the momentum is like flowing water, and everyone is a ghost."

Half an hour later, he pointed to a place and said firmly, "This is it."

According to his instructions, a person accompanying him took out a cinnabar pen and marked the ground, drawing a long red line at the fish ridge in Canglong Ridge.

Seeing that Mr. Gao made a move, many people from the caravan rushed over to watch, to see the methods of this expert inspector.

Later, Mr. Gao came to another place, where the terrain was sunken, like an apple nest.Mr. Gao pinched his fingers and said:

"Power wants it to come, but doesn't want it to go; wants it to be big, but doesn't want it to be small; wants it to be strong, but doesn't want it to be weak; wants it to be different, but doesn't want it to be constant; wants it to be specific, but doesn't want it to be divided; wants it to be inverse. If the momentum comes, the energy will follow, if the momentum is strong, the energy will be deep, and if the momentum is not divided, the energy will not disperse. If you want it to be different, if you want it to be strange and dynamic, and full of vitality. Whether or not, those who want it to be rebellious, want it to gallop and not crouch like a dead dragon."

Mr. Gao said: "This is the heart of the Canglong. As long as you dig this place, the Canglong will die immediately!"

Seeing the crowd watching, Mr. Gao said loudly: "Li Longji has been in power for decades. He is extravagant and dissipated. He rewards him without restraint. He treats gold, silver, silk and satin like dung and squanders them at will. If he is not eliminated, he will be a great harm to the world. Canglongling in Huashan is Li Longji. Longji's dragon veins, the cinnabar line I drew just now is the dragon's tendons of the Canglong. The cinnabar circle encloses the Canglong's heart. We need to dig this cinnabar line today and dig out the cinnabar circle to break him. Dragon Vein!"

Everyone laughed, promised loudly, and took out hammers and iron awls from their backpacks, hammered and chiseled, and dug in full swing on Canglong Ridge.

　References:
　　1. "Bo Yang's Declassification of Historical Archives: The Ins and Outs of Tongjian Chronicle", Northern United Media (Group) Co., Ltd., Wanjuan Publishing Company.

　　2. The passage about geomantic omen is selected from Miao Xiyong's "Buying Sutra Wing": "For power, you want it to come, but you don't want it to go; if you want it to be big, you don't want it to be small; if you want it to be strong, you don't want it to be weak; , don’t want it to be constant; want it to be specific, don’t want it to be divided; want it to be reversed, don’t want it to be smooth. If the momentum comes, the energy will follow, if the momentum is strong, the energy will be deep, and if the momentum is not divided, the energy will not disperse. If you want to be different, you want it to fly in a strange way, and to be full of vitality. If you want it to be reversed, you want it to gallop and not crouch like a dead dragon."

　　The "Burying Sutra" also has a cloud: "If it is like a wave, it is like a chain, it comes from the sky, it is like a wave of water, it is like a galloping horse, it comes like a gallop, it stops like a corpse, if it is full of treasures and swallows, if it is full of goodness and clean (Vai). If the drum is like a drum, if it’s like a container, if it’s like a dragon or a luan, if it’s flying or panning, if it’s poultry and beasts squatting, it’s like the honor of ten thousand vehicles.” Such as huge waves, heavy mountains and peaks, thousands of burials; the momentum is like a dragon descending, the water flows around the clouds, and the nobles and nobles; family; the power is like a spear, and soldiers are dead; the power is like flowing water, and everyone is a ghost."

　　
　　
　
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