Traveling through the early Tang Dynasty starts with hanging

Chapter 684
Entering Chang'an City from Chunming Gate, Li Shan drove his horse slowly, strolling along the side of the road, looking left and right, on the left is Dongshi, which seems to be much more prosperous than before.

In fact, Li Shan had a similar feeling when he returned to the city that day and entered the city for the first time. In the past seven years since Li Tang founded the country, in the past two years, he has quelled the chaos in Hebei, Shandong and Jianghuai, conquered Tuyuhun in the west, and attacked Turks in the north. Chang'an brought confidence, making this city full of vitality again after Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty moved the capital to Luoyang.

Li Shan thought in his heart that the people of the Tang Dynasty were said to be self-confident. This self-confidence was largely caused by Li Shimin's destruction of the Eastern Turks three years after he ascended the throne. In this time and space, perhaps the starting point was his own battle to defeat the Turks three times.

Dongshi used to be Pingkangfang, and there were a few familiar faces at the door... Li Shan hurriedly left with his legs crossed. Li Yuan made fun of some prime ministers at the palace banquet that day. According to Zhang Wenguan’s reaction, your Master Taishan The face is relatively dark.

In fact, Li Shanzhen felt aggrieved about this matter. It was the first time I went there to really inquire about the news... Isn't that what the novels say, the place with the most news is the brothel!

After that, every time I went there, I didn't do it voluntarily, but was dragged by others...for example, Zhang Wenguan, Li Kai, Fang Yizhi, it was all their fault anyway.

A little further past Pingkangfang, the right side of the road is the Imperial City, this area is Taichang Temple, Taipu Temple, behind it are Shangshu Province and Menxia Province, and a little further north is the East Palace.

Li Shan couldn't help thinking that Yang Wen had done it. This guy is now the governor of Fangzhou. In what year in history did the rebellion make Li Jiancheng so miserable?

This year has been the seventh year of Wude. It is said that Li Yuan was escaping the summer heat at the palace, which means that it should be summer. It is already the end of August, so is it next year or the year after?
But I remember that the reign title of Wude has been used for less than ten years.

Going west along the wall, Li Shan got off his horse at Zhuque Gate, took out a fish bag from his waist and showed it to the guards.

The so-called fish bags are actually the ID cards of officials in this era, which contain fish charms engraved with metal, engraved with the official's name, official position, title, salary, age, travel benefits, etc.

When Li Shan returned to Chang'an at the beginning of this year, he also changed the fish amulet once, uh, twice, the first time was from acting county magistrate to acting governor Shi, and the second time was changing from Handan county magistrate to Handan county king.

Passing the Vermilion Bird Gate, Li Shan went all the way in, glanced at Zhongshu Sheng on the left, just in time Lu Chisong, a member of Zhongshu She, came out, and asked with a smile: "Huairen, is this an audience with His Majesty?"

"Greetings to Lord Fanyang." Li Shanxing saluted and replied with a smile, "I'm meeting His Majesty."

"That's wrong." Lu Chisong shook his head and said, "This old man is the Duke of the county, and Huairen is the king of the county, why do you show respect?"

"It's only natural for the younger generation to salute." Li Shan said solemnly, "What's more, I'm a friend of brother Chengji, and I'm an official in Daizhou, so I've helped a lot."

"Since we are friends, why should the title be commensurate with each other?"

Li Shan saluted again with a smile, "Junior pays homage to uncle."

This title is appropriate. On the one hand, Li Shan and Lu Chengji are good friends, and on the other hand, Cui Xin's original partner is Lu Chisong's younger sister.

Lu Chisong nodded slightly, "Just now His Majesty summoned the ministers to discuss matters in the Linhu Palace, Huairen, why not rest here for now?"

Li Shan immediately shook his head, "The junior still has a few things... Uh, let's talk about Princess Pingyang first."

"Hehe." Lu Chisong said with a smile: "Today, the Ministry of Education has a lot of affairs, and Cui Sheren is busy with official duties..."

"The junior can't bother."

Lu Chisong and Cui Xin are both relatives-in-law and good friends, yesterday they heard Cui Xin scolding angrily... That kid is good at messing with flowers, it is said that all the famous flowers in Pingkang Fang are looking forward to it!
"That's all." Lu Chisong thought for a while, and said: "Da Lang arrived in Beijing a few days ago, and he read Huairen's poems all over the place. He never put them down day and night. When he has time, he can talk to him."

The corner of Li Shan's mouth twitched, and he reluctantly agreed before leaving quickly.

Lu Chengqing, the eldest son of Lu Chisong, was known to Li Shan in his previous life, and the idiom "not to be surprised by favor or humiliation" came from this person who was the prime minister during Gaozong's reign.

But Li Shan's reaction was not because of Lu Chengqing, but Fan Yang's Lu family... This family is different from the Longxi Li family, Taiyuan Wang family, and Qinghe Cui family. Although it is also based on classics and history, Liu Bei's teacher Lu Zhi is this home's.

But apart from classics and history, Fan Yang Lu's family is the most poetic family in the world, and there are countless famous poets.

There was Lu Sidao, the "Bami Lulang", Lu Zhaolin, one of the "Four Heroes of the Early Tang Dynasty", Lu Lun, a frontier poet, Lu Zangyong, one of the "Ten Friends of Xianzong", and Lu Tong, the "Tea Immortal".

In the future, I have to hide, Li Shan thought, don't let Li Gui bump into Li Kui.

After passing Chengtian Gate and entering the palace, Li Shan found out that Princess Pingyang was in the Forbidden Garden, so he simply found a horse to go to the Forbidden Garden. Anyway, Li Yuan was in the Linhu Palace, not far from the Forbidden Garden...well, or rather, not far from Xuanwu Gate.

"Meet the King of Handan."

Feeling vaguely familiar, Li Shan, who was looking up at Xuanwu Gate, looked down and said with a smile, "Brother Dalai."

The one who saluted was the former Zuo Wuwei You Lang General, the Deputy Chief of the Daizhou Cavalry, and the current Beiya Imperial Guard Zuo Jianmen Zhong Lang General Chang He.

Li Shan didn't seem to care, and there was still a smile on his face, but in fact, his heart was agitated, and he secretly scolded Ma Zhou for not getting any news through!
Ma Zhou is still suspicious, how dare he trust Li Shan... He was ordered to guard the Xuanwu Gate, this position is too important.

Now it has been seven years of Wude, and Chang He will be appointed as the guard of the left prison and the general of Zhonglang at this time... Is this the arrangement of the prince?

Or Li Shimin's secret promotion?

Later generations said that Chang He belonged to Li Shimin, or that Li Shimin bribed or wooed Chang He... Li Shan felt that these two statements were not very credible.

Is it a coincidence?

Li Shan took a deep breath, said nothing more, and drove his horse out of the Xuanwu Gate to the Forbidden Garden.

Beside the Xuanwu Gate, Chang He silently looked at Li Shan's back. Who would have imagined that after he was driven back to Chang'an, the Handan King could defeat the Turks three times... He always felt the way his colleagues looked at him in the past few months Something weird.

Among the same group of generals who went to Daizhou, Xue Wanche was Duke of Jin, Ma Sanbao was Marquis of Jin, Marquis Li Kai was named Marquis of County, and Marquis Erzhu Yichen was named County Boss, while Chang He was driven back to Chang'an without getting anything.

After the news of the great rewards for Daizhou's generals spread that day, many people looked at Chang He with strange eyes... Uh, there may be Duan Zhixuan who was also driven back.

Chang He sighed, time is fate, time is fate.

When the news came that the King of Handan had defeated the Turks, he was saddened, and his friend Ma Zhou, who was staying at home, was even more pale, his eyes were red, and he jumped and cursed!

Ma Zhou is really yelling, Li Huairen, you bastard!

Even Wang Junhao got a county man, if I'm still here, I can get some benefits no matter what, at least I can definitely be recommended by you to become an official!
Now, I can only stay at Chang He's house, and I don't know when this kind of life will end!

(End of this chapter)