Han Hai Tang Ergui

Chapter 741 Why am I still a supporting role!

The capital of God, Luoyang, the mansion of Duke Cao Yanming of Ziting County.

This one of Yuan Cong who followed Zhang Tingxi to Khotan in the past has long lost his former style. Now he has a big belly and is getting fatter. He looks very much like Lin Xue, a famous Hong Kong dragon suit in later generations.

And these years, Cao Yanming's status, in the eyes of outsiders, is just like his obese body, completely obese (waste).

The dignified Yuan Cong hero, and also the top ranked Yuan Cong, married Princess Shache, the second daughter of King Li Shengtian of Jin Kingdom.As a result, after being relieved of his official position as the construction envoy of Shendu, he was thrown into Tiangongyuan by the emperor without any errands.

This is too abnormal. Logically speaking, with Cao Yanming's status, not to mention being a prime minister, at least some deputy privy envoy and Luantai servant can do it.

Not to mention the official positions of minister of the Ministry of Industry and transit ambassador, but the emperor only gave him a promotion to Tiangongyuan.

What kind of shit official position is this!
Not to mention that Tiangongyuan, who doesn't know what he is doing for a day, is serving as the Imperial Academy to sacrifice wine. For people like Cao Yanming, that is all blatant derogation.

Soon, rumors began to circulate in Zhang Zhou's official circles. It was said that the emperor wanted to avenge Cao Yuande's attempt to trick him into Dunhuang City and hack him to death. Now that Cao Yuande has been dead for ten years, of course he can only vent his anger on Cao On Yanming.

Others said that Cao Shishilang of the Cao family was unlucky because of excessive corruption in the construction of the Shendu project. It is said that Cao Yanming embezzled a total of 50 guan.

This is not groundless, but the people of the Qianzhuanghui accidentally let it go, saying that the emperor approved 20 yuan of funds for that Tiangong Academy in one go the year before last.

It's worth it!The Laoshizi Tiangong Academy just throws gold back money into the fire every day for fun, and it can’t use 20 guan in more than a year. Isn’t this corruption?
Anyway, he has everything to say, Cao Yanming is not good at communication.Uh, it's not that he's not sociable, this kid is a bit straight-headed.

He will continue to do what he is sure of. If you scold him for someone he likes, he will still make friends with you, but if he doesn't like you, it's too much to say a word to you .

Moreover, since Cao Yanming believed that he had obtained the great truth between heaven and earth from Zhang Ting, he has completely believed that he is the person who has the most insight into the truth of heaven and earth besides Zhang Teng.The rest are just ordinary people.

It's not that he's not sociable, but he feels that a god like him, at least a demigod, has no need or interest to explain to 'mortals' whether he is favored or not.

It's just that he doesn't want to explain to 'mortals', but mortals will find him.

The reason is very simple!The majestic Ziting County Duke only had an appointment to promote the Tiangong Academy, and his father died of depression from the emperor's anger. No matter how you look at it, Cao Yanming must be full of resentment.

. . . .

The six gates of Shendu inspect the yamen.

Cao Yanming sighed with some headaches. The research was at a critical moment, and some finished products were created. As a result, his cousin and brother-in-law, brother-in-law and cousin, Emperor Shaoming, ran to the grassland.

This made Cao Yanming not know who to report to, and he also didn't know whether the thing he made according to Emperor Zhang's description was right or not.

As a fanatical scientific researcher who is willing to be happy in all nines and sixties, it is as uncomfortable as it is to be stuck like this.

But at this time, the queen's cousin insisted on him coming out to take over the inspection of the six gates of Shendu. This key position made Cao Yanming quite uncomfortable.

The Shendu Liumen Inspection Department is not only responsible for the city defense and security of Luoyang, but also takes care of the security issues in the city that cannot be managed by Wuhou in Luoyang and Henan's two Gyeonggi counties.

There are so many things and complicated personnel, it is far more troublesome than Cao Yanming's research in Tiangong Institute.

Even though most of the six inspectorates were members of the old Guiyi army and the Donggui faction, Cao Yanming was still confused by this complicated relationship and background.

Not to mention, the atmosphere in the court hall is very strange now, and even a technical house like Cao Yanming can feel that something is abnormal. Otherwise, the third wife of Cao Yannai would not take the emperor's eighth son Xianzai to hide in Luoyang, the capital of God.

However, Cao Yanming thought of another layer. Since the atmosphere was not right, the third sister Cao Yannai brought Xian Zai to the God City to avoid the political vortex.

Then, the nineteenth sister, the empress, why did she let him, who is obviously not suitable for leading soldiers, take the spot check of the six gates of the Shendu, which shoulders the important task of defending the city of the Shendu?
When the time comes when eggs cannot be put in one cage, shouldn’t Zhao Cunyi from Xiangyang or (er) Zhu Jing from Hanzhong be transferred back to strengthen defense?

Even if the two are far apart, there are still Murong Xinde of the Murong family and Fu Zhaoxu, the eldest son of Fu Yanqing, in Xuchang Mansion.

These two are the commander-in-chief of the Zhongwu Town of the Imperial Army, and the other is the military supervisor of the Xuchang Mansion, who is in charge of the three guards of the Xuchang Mansion, Huaiyang Mansion, and Caizhou Mansion. the hero.

Moreover, Murong Xinde is the nephew of the third sister's ex-husband, and the direct cousin of Murong Xinchang.

Because of the low status of his biological mother, Fu Zhaoxu had never been very successful. He was promoted by the emperor, and the emperor's favor to him was greater than the sky.

There is no problem with the loyalty of these two people, no matter how you look at it, they are more reliable than Cao Yanming.

Cao Yanming is actually very smart, and he can't do his current job without any brains. If he had no brains, he would not have chosen to give up his status as a noble son and go with Zhang Tie back then, and he would not have firmly stood by Zhang Tie after returning to Dunhuang. here.

You look at him as a little stubborn, a little silly, it's because he doesn't want to focus on these 'mundane things', now that he thinks about it carefully, he knows there is a problem.

This... the third sister Yannai and Xianzai came to Luoyang, the capital of gods. Instead of bringing back elite soldiers and strong generals, they let him, a layman, guard them. No matter how you look at it, it's a bit...

Fog grass!

Cao Yanming almost jumped up, Ma De, was cheated.

He was treated as a meat bun to lure vicious dogs to appear, and he was the unlucky boy who was given away to trap wolves!

I don't know if this is the emperor's intention, or the ghost idea of ​​the queen or the third sister, or the attention of that villain Pei Yuan.

Cao Yanming thought fiercely, but quickly took out a strange thing from his robe, and then took out round iron eggs and gunpowder from small purses and porcelain bottles, and quickly filled them.

"Qingfeng! Qingxu! Fuck it, come out quickly and take all our good guys, we're going to be in big trouble."

Not counting making troubles by himself, Cao Yanming yelled at the top of his voice.

After a while, the two were wearing blue gowns, looking very gentle, but you can quickly tell from their smoky blackened fingers and the bumps on their faces that not only have nothing to do with gentleness, but also And a little weird.

"Master!" Qingfeng and Qingxu hurried over, looking very excited.

The little finger of the left hand was missing half, and the right cheek seemed to be burned by something, looking at Cao Yanming nervously.

"Master, are you just pretending to be here? Who is going to make trouble later? I don't know the difference between beating people and sheep?"

"No! No!" Cao Yanming calmed down a little at the moment, and said something that Qingfeng and Qingxu couldn't understand.

"The unlucky child who gave up is not me, but Third Sister and Hyun Jae.

I'm not qualified to be an unlucky kid, it seems that I'm just being a paper door god. "

How cruel!Sure enough, she is a woman who can give birth to a son like Murong Nobunaga.

You regret that Kaifeng Prefecture in Tokyo is too tightly guarded to sell any openings, so they simply came to Luoyang, the capital of the gods, and even hired such a paper goalkeeper like him to open the way for others.

Not knowing what kind of idiot could be attracted by this seemingly sweet bait, Cao Yanming rubbed his chin and thought for a moment.

Whoever he is, if he's so stupid, he's damned, living is a waste of food.

Thinking of this, Cao Yanming suddenly lost interest again, so I am not the protagonist!
"Put it on, put it on, maybe there will be so many fools coming to me."

People say that crow mouths are generally good and bad spirits. Cao Yanming showed this talent many times when he followed Zhang Tingxi to Khotan, and now, he is right again.

Luoyang, in the White Horse Temple.

This Buddhist temple, which was built in the seventh year of Emperor Yongping of the Eastern Han Dynasty and AD 64, is the ancestral home of Buddhism and the source of Buddhism in the entire Chinese cultural circle, even including Southeast Asia.

Later generations even the Indian government came to donate money to build the White Horse Temple, which shows its status and prestige.

However, in history, the fate of this temple is the same as that of the city of Luoyang, which has undergone several twists and turns.

Since Huang Chao fell to Luoyang, the White Horse Temple was ransacked by rebels. When Li Cunxu conquered Houliang, the dilapidated White Horse Temple was completely destroyed in the war.

After Zhang Ting entered Luoyang, the restoration work of Baima Temple was arranged.

However, because the Central Plains Buddhist sect was worried that the Hexi Six Dharma Sect would take this opportunity to contaminate the ancestral court of Buddhism, they basically took a rather indifferent attitude towards Zhang Ting's work on rebuilding the White Horse Temple.

In addition, for the richest Buddhist schools such as Daxiangguo Temple, etc., it will be a bit miserable to be taken back by Zhang Tie. Although Zhang Teng still left some shares for them, he lost the decision-making power, so he was naturally unwilling to go further. Intervene in Buddhism.

Under their passive resistance, the restoration and repair of the White Horse Temple stopped until Luoyang, the capital of the gods, was completed. The White Horse Temple was still a large construction site.

The reason for this situation is very simple. After the arrogance of warriors in the late Tang Dynasty and the decline of literary spirit, the Buddhism in the Central Plains at this time included most of the talents in sculpture, painting, architecture, layout, compilation, etc. Their accumulation is so deep that even Far above the Ministry of Industry of the imperial court.

Without the cooperation of these people, you can build a temple at will, but it is not enough to rebuild the ancestral home of Buddhism like the White Horse Temple, a large temple destined to be a palace of art.

At the same time, the national policies and laws that Zhang Ke adhered to did not support his use of force to force these people to come out to build the White Horse Temple.

Li Shengtian told Zhang Ting when he was furious at the shore of Yanqi near the sea (Bosten Lake) and killed thousands of Uyghurs in Gaochang.

What the emperor should restrain most is to always use killing to solve the problem. Zhang Tie has always remembered this lesson all these years.

Killing people directly must be the last step of last resort and can only be used as a means.

The influence of Buddhism in the Central Plains among the people is not low. They were already wary of him, and the two sides did not reach the point where they had to kill each other.

So when Zhang Tie saw that they were not cooperating, he didn't force them. There was always a way to make these great monks accept 'transformation'.

Isn't it a good way to let Pei Yuan come out to take the blame and punish Buddhism.

And this approach of Zhang Tie, although temporarily eased the conflict between him and the Buddhism of the Central Plains, it made the White Horse Temple a place where filth and filth were hidden.

A large number of Buddhist monks, or believers from all over the world who want to "add bricks and tiles" to the reconstruction of the White Horse Temple, come to the White Horse Temple and its vicinity to rest in an endless stream.

And these monks who don’t have certificates and won’t be interrogated by the government casually when they pass by, if they cut off their hair and shave their degrees, or even burn their faces as a charity, they can perfectly avoid any wanted and interrogated people, even if they are acquaintances, It's hard to recognize.

Qiyun Pagoda Courtyard, this is a pagoda courtyard on the southeast side of the mountain gate of Baima Temple. In a broad sense, it belongs to a part of Baima Temple. In fact, its status is relatively independent, and it is also called East Baima Temple.

It is a bhikkhuni ashram that is very rare at this time. In layman's terms, it can also be called a nunnery.

But at this time, there are no nuns in the Qiyun Pagoda courtyard, and it has not even been rebuilt yet.

According to historical records, in the Han Dynasty, the Qiyun Pagoda Courtyard, the Pearl Palace was secluded, and looked at the light of Zhangliu in the distance.The stumbling cloud is vaguely above five feet.Fayanqiu Zhi, named Qi Yun.The tower has thirteen floors and is about 53 meters high.

Such a pagoda courtyard, which can be called a work of art, would not have been able to be built without the help of Buddhists from all over the world. Therefore, Qiyun Pagoda Courtyard is also regarded as a barometer of the relationship between the Six Dharma Schools in Hexi and the Buddhism in the Central Plains.

If the Qiyun Pagoda Courtyard is built, if one does not completely overwhelm the other, it must be a reconciliation between the two.

So now, the Qiyun Pagoda Courtyard is more like a big construction site than the White Horse Temple, so naturally there are more people coming and going.

For example, at this time, a group of 40 or [-] believers came to Qiyun Pagoda Courtyard. They brought in high-quality stones that were said to come from the south of the Yangtze River. This kind of stone is the most suitable material for building Pagoda Courtyard.

A small official from the Ministry of Industry was all smiles. Such a heavy and high-quality stone was transported from Jiangnan West Road, and it was almost all done at the expense of his life. There is no such perseverance and piety.

Li Renshu, the Huaibei thief, was among the crowd. He had not had a good time this past year.

Because the emperor transferred his son-in-law Zhao Kuangzan, Duke of Yuyang County, to Pingzhang, Jianghuai Province, and the position of the chief soldier of Wuning Town, the forbidden army.

This Zhao Kuangzan is not only the son-in-law of the current emperor, but also the grandson of Emperor Mingzong of the former Tang Dynasty. His status is so noble, Jianghuai Province will give him a lot of face.

In addition, Zhao Kuangzan also had a group of Lu Longjun's old team under his command. As soon as he arrived, he immediately drove Li Renshu to heaven and earth.

If Liu Renzhan, the envoy of the Qinghuai Army in Shouzhou in the Southern Tang Dynasty, hadn't secretly supported and taken him in, Li Renshu probably wouldn't have known what kind of ditch he died in.

And it was precisely this predicament that made Li Renshu accept Southern Tang's secret solicitation.

Liu Renzhan promised that once something happened, the Southern Tang Dynasty would set up a Huainan Jiedu Envoy in Chuzhou, and he would be a section commander by then.

Li Renshu didn't care about handsomeness or handsomeness, because he knew that the officials' words were nice, but they also changed their minds very quickly.

But if Zhao Kuangzan is allowed to suppress Huainan and Huaibei for another year or two, the market that his Li Renshu family has run for three or four generations will be completely destroyed.

In order to keep this family business, Li Renshu can only be more active than Liu Renzhan.

He was so busy, he had been lifting stones for a whole day, and even a strong man like Li Renshu felt weak in his steps. Just when he was about to lose his hold, it was finally time for dinner.

Li Renshu walked to the kitchen stealthily, looking like he wanted to find something to eat from a fat cook, but in fact this was the spy he had placed here.

"Daliang, the letter from the west has been sent, and they will move in October. The east has succeeded, and the traitor is said to be dying, but the wind is so tight that no one can get in."

After saying a few words in a hurry, the fat guy kicked and beat Li Renshu out, swearing, while Li Renshu grabbed a dried vegetable and corn pancake, and ran away like a mouse flying around.

Such a scene is very common in Qiyun Pagoda, so everyone just laughed a few times, and few people cared.

Li Renshu was running with dried vegetables and corn pancakes while he was already making quick calculations in his mind.

The assassination in Tokyo was successful, but the investigation was stricter.If the Chang'an mansion in the west has already taken action, then their people will soon arrive in Luoyang, and they must quickly transfer all their people to Luoyang.

. . . .

Guanzhong, Weinan Prefecture, Huayin County.

An army carrying the banner of Chang'an Sanwei is advancing rapidly.

They moved so fast that they didn't even pass through the Weinan Mansion, but took a detour and passed through a relatively remote Zhuangzi.

Chen Wu, the commander of the left guard in Chang'an, frowned unconsciously, and strode forward with the soldiers. Not long after, the ordering horse galloped over.

Chen Wu waved his hand, and the relatives around him rushed out and asked Tangma, who was starting to slow down: "Does the supervisor have a general order, can you go to Huayin County to repair it?"

Tang Ma did not dismount, but immediately replied: "The supervisor ordered that he must arrive at Tongguan before sunset. The military affairs are urgent and cannot be repaired."

After that, as if he was afraid that Chen Wu would drag him to ask questions, he hurriedly ran back.

"What's wrong with the supervisor? We set off from Chang'an Mansion and ran for two hundred miles in three days. The sons and daughters were tired and thirsty. The third general passed out just now. A few people passed out, and they were not allowed to rest, so anxious Aren’t there thieves attacking Tongguan?”

The deputy commander next to Chen Wu obviously couldn't hold back, and couldn't help complaining in a low voice.

Chen Wu felt a sudden uneasiness in his heart. They were the guards, not the pro-army and the forbidden army. They didn't have many horses. They ran [-] miles on their feet in three days and only ate four meals.

Ordinarily, it is time to rest. What happened to make the supervisor issue such a strict order?

However, as a dignified commander, he couldn't say what he thought like the people below, so he could only put on a dark face and waved his hands.

"The military order is like a mountain. If you pass out, you have to arrive at Tongguan tonight. Don't talk about other things. You will know it when you arrive at Tongguan."

It has to be said that Cao Yancun is still good at leading the troops. Up to now, none of these guards have doubted him, and most of them can still keep up with the speed.

Doesn't Cao Yancun know that these people have reached their limit?Of course he knew, and it was his intention to only eat four meals in three days.

Otherwise, if the guards of the Three Guards at Tongguan refuse to cooperate, they will have no physical strength and make a fuss. People are always much easier to control when they are extremely hungry and exhausted.

Now it depends on whether Luo Yuer is ready. If he is ready, he can transfer some people from Tongguan back to control Chang'an. You must know that Cao Renzun doesn't have many people in his hands, and he hasn't dared to raise the flag yet.

Cao Yancun was thinking secretly in his heart, praying that Luo Yuer would be as reliable as Cao Renzun said.

Otherwise, he dragged these thousands of exhausted soldiers and bumped into the forbidden army in Jinchang Town. Even if everyone had the same heart as him, it would be like hitting an egg against a rock.

However, when Cao Yancun thought of the old generals of Meng Shu, who had already gone to instigate rebellion and repair the old Shu army in Tongguan, Cao Yancun felt much more at ease.

(End of this chapter)