Great Tang princess

Chapter 365
In mid-October, the White Horse Temple not far behind the imperial city was officially completed, but Tianhou, who has always believed in Buddhism, did not attend the consecration ceremony.

It's normal to think about it, it's just to give my little wolf dog a name suitable for entering and leaving the palace, and it's not a real Buddhist temple, so there's no need for that at all.

And Pei Huaiyi really lived up to Tianhou's expectations of him. Although the monks in the White Horse Temple looked like a group of monks, as long as they looked closely at the walking posture and standing portraits, they could find that they were all hooligans.

Most of them are even illiterate, let alone praying to Buddha every day.

Now Pei Huaiyi rode the royal horse bestowed by the Queen of Heaven no matter where he went, and led a group of bald boys to swagger through the market, as if he was afraid that ordinary people would not know him.

In the evening, after get off work, Shangguan Wan'er told the gossip to everyone in the princess mansion, which caused a burst of laughter.

Regardless of the princesses, even Wang Wuqiong, who was serving as Li Yuechen's bodyguard, couldn't help lowering her head, her shoulders twitching slightly.

Li Yuechen picked up the teacup, and couldn't help feeling that his mother's eyes on people were really vicious.

People like Pei Huaiyi have always lived at the bottom and have never seen the big world. Now that they suddenly enter the upper class, they will actually feel inferior in their hearts.

In this case, relying on the favor of the Queen of Heaven, impatiently putting on a show, is actually showing off, trying to tell others that he is no longer a bottom class, but has entered the upper class.

So instead, he would look down on those who used to be in the same class as him, in order to show that he is an upper-class person.

But in fact, at least among the people Li Yuechen knew, no one would take the initiative to bully the low-level civilians unless someone was deliberately looking for trouble.

Because it is quite embarrassing to spread this kind of thing, and it will not arouse the admiration of others.

But Pei Huaiyi didn't care about that, under the indulgence of the queen, he became more and more arrogant day by day, constantly testing the bottom line of other people.

……

The weather in October is already a bit cold, and the clothes on my body have been thickened a lot.

The new camp has been completely completed, and the artillery has begun to be officially produced. There is nothing to keep an eye on at the barracks for the time being.

Li Yuechen also went back to live in the Princess Mansion, but just came here every now and then to have a look.

Recently, at the foot of Mang Mountain, there will be the sound of artillery firing every now and then, which is the test firing of new artillery.

The civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty can basically guess that Princess Taiping must have developed some novel weapon, and judging from the momentum of the explosion, it may be even more powerful than the grenade.

It stands to reason that they should find a way to send people to have a look, but none of the people they sent out in the past few years came back, so it would be meaningless to send them again this time.

But you have to find a way to find out, right?
So many officials jointly signed the report, saying that there have been explosions at the foot of Mang Mountain recently, and asked Tianhou to send someone to take a look.

This kind of thing was not planned to be hidden from the beginning, Tianhou directly told them that there is no need to send people to investigate, it is Princess Taiping who is experimenting with new weapons, just get used to it.

The ministers looked at each other in blank dismay, not knowing how to continue talking for a while.

However, when it came to November and saw ten black cannons being transported to the imperial city, many ministers guessed that they should be the so-called new weapons.

The artillery was not directly placed on the city wall of the Eastern Capital, because the Jinwu Guard currently in charge of the security of the Eastern Capital is not yet a professional soldier of the Tang Dynasty, but still belongs to the Fubing.

They have not received systematic ideological education, and it can be said that they have no culture. This kind of weapon will be very dangerous if handed over to them.

And the Qianniu Guards responsible for guarding the imperial city were all trained by Li Yuechen. By that time, only a dedicated artillery battalion would be equipped to ensure the safety of the imperial city.

……

In the blink of an eye, it was December, and Li Yuechen was packing his luggage in the Princess Mansion.

The anniversary of my father's death was missed last year, so I must go back to visit my father's grave this year.

Just as he was packing his things, Fulai walked in suddenly: "Your Highness, Colonel Wang is here to see you."

"Oh, take him to the main hall, I'll be there in a while."

After packing up the last bit of things, Li Yuechen got up and came to the main hall.

Wang Xiaojie quickly stood up and saluted: "Your Highness!"

"Sit down!" Li Yuechen waved his hand and asked Fulai to pour tea for him, "What do you want me to do?"

"Recently, many people have been asking me about artillery, and many princes and nobles have said that they want me to match up and let their descendants enter the military academy..." Wang Xiaojie roughly explained.

After listening to his explanation, Li Yuechen probably understood.

Most of the gentry will train their children to enter the officialdom in order to obtain more and greater rights.

But the princes and nobles are different. Some of their titles are born, and some are exchanged for the great contributions of their ancestors.

There are roughly two types of them, such as the royal family.

Although the descendants of Gaozu and Taizong are still princes, their titles can also be inherited.But because each emperor will have many sons, the actual number will always decrease over time.

There is another kind like Lu Guogong Cheng Chumo. It is said that he can only have the title because of the shadow of his ancestors, but whether it is interests or rights, it will gradually decrease due to the passage of time.

If there are people who have made great contributions among his descendants, perhaps this glory can continue for a while, but if not... then the old saying will basically be confirmed, and after three generations, it will almost decline.

But now Princess Taiping's military academy has given them a glimmer of hope. They have all inquired about it carefully. After they come out of the military academy, they will be officers at the rank of platoon leader.

So as long as you send your children and grandchildren in, you can be a platoon leader for the last time.

If he can make military exploits on the battlefield in the future, maybe he can continue to shine on his family.

Li Yuechen lowered his head and thought for a while: "You tell them, now is not the time, if you still have this idea in the future, I can agree."

Now that the number of Qianniuwei is not too large, there is no need to recruit students in the military academy. By then, there will be more officers than soldiers.

Besides, they don't know many things about Qianniuwei now, and they might regret it in the future.

The officers of Qianniuwei will not confer titles such as duke of the state, and with the reform of the army in the future, these titles will also become history.

Maybe the title is still there, but at that time, the so-called title of title will only be a title and will not carry other powers.

……

After explaining the matter, Li Yuechen went into the palace to report to his mother about going to Chang'an to visit his father's grave.

"Well, ask Shiro to be with you." Wu Zetian nodded and took a sip of tea, "It's been two years in a blink of an eye..."

Seeing the look of reminiscence in her eyes, Li Yuechen didn't speak, but gently held her hand, expressing that he was with her.

She turned her head to look at her daughter and smiled: "Why don't you ask Saburo to go too?"

"Forget it, he is the emperor after all, but traveling is no small matter," Li Yuechen shook his head and rejected his mother's proposal.

In the evening, Tianhou asked the emperor and King Yu to come to Renshou Hall for dinner, and told the story by the way.

"Yuechen, bring me with you brother!"

Li Xian looked expectant: "Recently, I've been stuck in Feixiang Hall every day, it's really hard!"

"Nonsense! It's never easy for the emperor to go on tour, so just stay there!" Wu Zetian taught.

"Aniang, if this goes on like this, the child will get sick," Li Xian begged, "Let the child go out for a walk."

Wu Zetian sighed: "As a mother, I naturally know that you are uncomfortable, but this matter is very important, and you can't lose everything because of a momentary willfulness..."

Hearing what she said, Li Xian didn't want to continue talking, so he could only nod obediently.

Li Dan next to him burst out laughing, patted him on the shoulder and said, "Brother, this time, Brother Yu took Brother to fulfill his filial piety! I am really sorry..."

Li Xian narrowed his eyes seeing his younger brother's look of needing a beating.

As the saying goes, you can't hide the eyes that want to kill someone, and now Li Xian has such eyes.

"Okay, brother, don't worry, I will fulfill my filial piety with the fourth brother instead." Li Yuechen immediately diverted Li Xian's attention.

Li Dan turned his head: "Yuechen, how can you be called the fourth brother?"

"Okay, I know Dandan, hurry up and clean up Dandan!" Li Yuechen waved his hand, "Leave in two days."

……

Two days later, Li Yuechen set off with Li Dan and less than twenty bodyguards.

After all, the speed is fast enough when there are fewer people. Dad’s death day is not long before the Chinese New Year. If there are too many people with him, I am afraid that he will not be able to make it back before the Chinese New Year.

Li Dan's horse riding skills are not bad, he can keep up with Li Yuechen and others.

And judging from his expression, he was obviously very excited.

After all, he is currently under house arrest in name, and it is impossible for him to leave the house at will. This time, he finally came out.

Even though he knew he was going to visit his father's grave, he shouldn't be smiling, but he still couldn't hide the joy on his face.

It took four and a half days to reach Chang'an, and after a night's rest, we set off for Qianling early the next morning.

After a long day of running around, we finally arrived at our destination that evening.

Going to the grave must have to wait until the daytime tomorrow, Li Yuechen asked the soldiers to set up tents, and they will camp here tonight.

Qianniuwei's tent was designed by Li Yuechen himself and participated in the production, especially this kind of individual tent, which was set up very quickly, and it was completely done in a short while.

Li Dan watched the whole process by the side, and was amazed: "Yuechen, although this tent is a bit small, it looks like it has everything it should have..."

"That's right. After all, soldiers are performing missions outside. It's very important to have a good rest." Li Yuechen smiled.

Then he directed his elder brother to get into his tent to have a good rest, and go back to celebrate the new year after the grave visit tomorrow.

Li Dan didn't sleep very comfortably that night. After all, he was used to sleeping on the soft beds of the Prince Yu's Mansion. Suddenly, he felt a little uncomfortable sleeping on the somewhat hard mattresses of the soldiers.

Li Yuechen didn't care, she didn't really recognize the bed.

The next day Li Dan got up early, climbed out of the tent and twisted his neck. Seeing that the soldiers were already preparing breakfast, he twisted his waist and waited beside him.

After a while, there was the rustling sound of getting dressed in the nearby tent, and then Li Yuechen crawled out with disheveled hair.

Li Yuechen looked a little lazy about this matter, as if he hadn't woken up.

"Yuechen didn't sleep well last night?" Li Dan asked.

"pretty good!"

Li Yuechen agreed, went to the river to wet his hair, combed it and tied it up.His face was full of energy, and there was no sign of lack of sleep at all.

After breakfast, the brothers and sisters came to Sima Shendao, dismounted and walked up the mountain side by side.

Because this is the imperial mausoleum, except for the guarding soldiers, no one else can be seen, so the bodyguards also relaxed a little and did not get too close.

Li Dan looked left and right, and suddenly asked in a low voice: "Yuechen, can these people be trusted?"

"It's about the same. It's the elite of Qianniuwei." Li Yuechen smiled, "It's just that there are some things that we still can't worry about."

The main reason is that her bodyguards are not static. It can be said that except for Wang Wuqiong, the rest of them are rotated regularly to prevent them from neglecting training.

Li Dan nodded, and saw that even Wang Wuqiong was more than ten steps away, so he lowered his voice again: "It seems that someone has turned against the person who watched me. I found that someone is in contact with the outside these few days."

"Don't worry, everything is under control." Li Yuechen nodded, "Gao Yanfu's ability to handle affairs is not bad, and the secret guard knows about your movements."

After all, the people who were sent to monitor Li Dan were just made by my mother for outsiders to see, so they didn't arrange for their confidants to go, they were just a bunch of fools.

It is completely expected that these people were incited to rebellion, and they are not worried about what they will find out anyway, so it is better to ignore it first.

"Brother Wei doesn't participate in government affairs, but I also know that Auntie is in a difficult situation..." Li Dan lowered his head, with some self-blame in his tone, "I can't help you, Yuechen, I still have to rely on you."

Li Yuechen nodded, but did not speak.

Indeed, what my mother has to do is to make herself stand on the opposite side of the entire court. Even though she has superb means and scheming, but as long as she makes a wrong step, there will be no good results.

Thinking about it carefully, no matter what her record in history is, at least in Li Yuechen's heart, she is a great mother.

"Brother, don't worry, with me here, Auntie will be fine!" Li Yuechen smiled.

Li Dan nodded, and then the brother and sister went up the mountain side by side without saying much, and after paying homage to their father, they immediately set off back to the Eastern Capital.

On the way back, Li Yuechen thought about it. After the new year, the education courses for the members of the royal family should almost be put on the agenda.

But the elder brothers are easy to talk about here, and the descendants of Gaozu and Taizong may not be willing, and there may be conflicts at that time... I am afraid that next year will not be easy.

And when the time comes to give an order, basically the whole world will know what Tianhou is planning.

The gentry should not sit still, after all, from their point of view, they are not willing to face an emperor like Taizong.

In comparison, they actually prefer to assist the faint king. As long as they can be trusted, they can have great power under one person. Not only can they leave their names in history, but they can also bring prosperity to the family for nearly a hundred years.

And a shrewd emperor generally would not let someone have too much power, and would try to avoid such things from happening.

So there will definitely be a lot of open and secret fights next year...

(End of this chapter)