bastard seizes tang

Chapter 205
In the seventh year of Zhenguan, the first month, Guisi, all nations came to court.

Emperor Li Shimin held a banquet outside the Xuanwu Gate, and the three ranks of the banquet had already been attended by state herdsmen and barbarian chiefs. Li Ke, as a prince, the governor of Yangzhou and the general of You Xiaowei, were naturally included in this list.

Outside the Xuanwu Gate, there were hundreds of seats for the banquet. Li Ke sat on the first seat, and his younger brother, Liang Wang Li Min, was sitting with him.

Today's Li Yin has turned ten years old, and he is no longer the child who only knew how to follow Li Ke's buttocks, looking for fun, but now has the appearance of a gentle and elegant young man.

"This Wei Xuancheng is very interesting. When performing the 'Seven Virtues Dance', he lowers his head and closes his eyes, like an old monk in meditation. When performing the 'Nine Skills Dance', his eyes stare like copper bells, concentrating on it, and he almost missed the four It's written all over his face." Li Ke looked at Wenchen Xilie and Wei Zheng who was sitting opposite them, and said in a low voice to Li Min beside him.

At the end of the sixth year of Zhenguan, Wang Gui, the former servant, was reprimanded by Li Shimin for leaking forbidden Chinese, and was demoted to be the governor of Tongzhou. Wei Zheng, the secretary supervisor, was able to succeed him as a servant. Auxiliary, so the seat is at the front.

Wei Zheng was a civil servant, who always advocated military preparations and culture and education, and the "Seven Virtues Dance" is the old "Qin King's Breaking the Battle", which performed Li Shimin's battle on the battlefield. Naturally, Wei Zheng didn't like it, but it was the main text. The 'Jiugong Dance' is more to his taste.

Li Yin also laughed in a low voice when he heard the words: "Wei Xuancheng also helped my elder brother, why did my elder brother blame him?"

Li Ke asked: "When did he help me? I'm thankful that he didn't ask my father to join me."

Li Yin joked: "Brother, I'm so forgetful. If Wei Xuancheng hadn't drawn out his sword to help Li Yuanchang 'capture' alive in the Cailong Hall, the matter of the Han King's marriage that day, I'm afraid it would have been very troublesome."

Although Wei Zheng's arrest of Li Yuanchang in Caiyuntang that day was used by Li Ke and was not his intention, it was actually a help to Li Ke, so it's not bad for Li Yin to say so.

Li Ke and Li Yin are brothers, they are very close, unlike the other princes, Li Ke nudged Li Yin lightly with his elbow, and said with a smile: "Then according to your words, I still need to thank Wei Xuancheng?"

Li Yin raised his head and looked at Wei Zheng's solemn face, and joked in a low voice: "By brother's relationship with Wei Xuancheng, if you thank him according to this matter, not only will he not appreciate it, but he will ask you for a copy. "

Among the older princes, Li Chengqian did not distinguish between literature and martial arts, while Li Tai, Li You and others advocated literature, but Li Ke advocated martial arts, and Wei Zheng advocated the abolition of martial arts and the promotion of literature. Therefore, in Wei Zheng's view, Li Ke and Li Ji Also, Yuchi Jingde's gang of military officials belonged to the same group, and their attitude towards Li Ke was naturally not friendly. Li Ke avoided him as much as he could, and was unwilling to deal with him more.

But the world is such a coincidence, it is not something that Li Ke can avoid if he wants to, and it is not even human-made.

Just when Li Ke and Li Yin were joking, the sky outside the Xuanwu Gate suddenly darkened, as if evening was approaching.

However, the dark sky didn't last long, and after a while, the sky became bright again. However, when the sky became brighter, when Li Ke looked up again, he found a white light piercing through the originally glaring sun. Across the entire sun from the middle.

The white rainbow runs through the sun!

Li Ke looked at the scene in front of him, and four words suddenly popped up in his mind.

And when Li Ke saw this scene, everyone in the banquet also saw it, and the whole banquet suddenly became lively.

"A white rainbow piercing the sun! It's actually a white rainbow piercing the sun!"

For the people of Tang Dynasty, the white rainbow piercing the sun is a bad omen, the country is unstable, and the Kyushu is in turmoil. Seeing this, everyone at the banquet shouted out in unison, full of noisy voices.

Hearing the noise beside him, Li Ke couldn't help frowning. He knew that the so-called white rainbow piercing the sun was just a coincidental celestial phenomenon, and it was not a good or bad omen, but these words were the same as theirs. It doesn't make sense.

Even Li Min, who was sitting next to Li Ke, whispered to Li Ke: "A white rainbow piercing the sun is a bad omen, and I'm afraid something bad will happen in the near future."

Tang people always believed in the number of days, especially the extremely rare celestial phenomenon such as the white rainbow piercing the sun.

"Warring States Policy" contains: "When Zhuanzhu stabs Wang Liao, the comet strikes the moon; when Nie Zheng stabs the Han puppet, the white rainbow penetrates the sun; when he wants to leave, he stabs Qing Ji, and the eagle hits the palace."

In ancient times, when there were visions, major events must be foreseen, and the saying of Baihong Guansun said that it was the disaster of the emperor, and everyone at the banquet would not be panicked.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, the white rainbow piercing the sun is a vision, or a warning from the heavens. I think this matter must not be neglected. I should send it to the Taibu Office for verification." Xiu then attended immediately and paid homage to Li Shimin who was sitting in the upper position.

The so-called Taibu Department is a staff member of the Taichang Temple, who is in charge of the method of divination, distinguishing the number of images, and determining good and bad things. , since it is also what it should be.

But Xiao Xiu's words reached Li Shimin's ears, Li Shimin thought about it, but frowned slightly.Although the Taibu Department is good, Li Shimin has some concerns about them.

The Taibu Department is listed among the hundred officials, and it is under the jurisdiction of the Taichang Temple according to the law. It is a foreign minister. As a foreign minister, it is inevitable that he has a stake in the interests of the same court officials. What he said may not be true. Li Shimin does not care about these matters of heaven and earth. May foreign ministers speak more.

Li Shimin thought for a while, but suddenly thought of someone who might be useful.

Li Shimin waved his hand, signaling Xiao Xiu to back down, and then asked Wei Ting, the servant of the Ministry of Officials, "Wei Qing, do you still remember the high-ranking people from Shu who Du Yan mentioned to me in the past?"

In the early years, Du Yan, Wei Ting, and Wang Yu were all subordinates of the hidden prince Li Jiancheng. Later, Du Yan was exiled to Shuzhou by the Supreme Emperor Li Yuan because of the conspiracy of Yang Wengan, the governor of Qingzhou, and met Yuan Tiangang in Shu. After ascending the throne, when Du Yan was ordered to return to Beijing to become an official, he mentioned to Li Shimin the talent of Yuan Tiangang, who was still fresh in Li Shimin's memory.

Wei Ting nodded and said: "Your Majesty said, but Yuan Tiangang, a master of Shu?"

Li Shimin said: "That's right, it's this person. Is this person in Beijing now?"

Wei Ting replied: "Yuan Tiangang is an outstanding disciple of Master Guan Qiyun in Xuandu. A few days ago, Master Qiyun was ordered by His Majesty to teach Taoism and led all his disciples to pray for Empress Dowager Mu. Presumably Yuan Tiangang is still in Beijing at this time."

The Empress Dowager that Wei Ting spoke of was Li Shimin's birth mother, the Dou family. The Dou family was dead, so every first day of the year, Li Shimin would issue an edict to the Xuandu temple, ordering Qiyun real person to lead the Xuandu temple to pray for the Dou family, and The matter of praying for blessings was only two days ago, so Yuan Tiangang was still in Beijing.

When Li Shimin heard the words, he immediately said: "Quickly tell Yuan Tiangang to enter the palace to have an audience."

Li Shimin had a lot of worries about the Taibu Department, but he had to rest assured about Yuan Tiangang. First, Yuan Tiangang was recommended by Du Yan. Du Yan was loyal and died, so he would not be half dirty with Yuan Tiangang. Second, Yuan Tiangang was recommended by Du Yan. He is a disciple of Reverend Qiyun, although Reverend Qiyun is in Chang'an, but he has never asked about court affairs for decades, Li Shimin can trust him.

"No." Wei Ting immediately took the order and ordered people to go down to announce to see Yuan Tiangang.

(End of this chapter)