The fox minister in the late Tang Dynasty

Chapter 103 The city is full of gold armor

"what--"

Bah!
The gold-painted celadon was smashed to the ground, and the fragments bounced off the feet of the bowed eunuch. Li Yan was young and intelligent, but it was difficult to accept the scene of a group of ministers blocking the door today.

"This group of civil and military people are respectful to me on weekdays, but when it comes to an emergency, they will go against me. They are bullying me when I am young. They are old and loyal ministers. What is going on now? They have no respect for the emperor. I am the emperor, and they are ministers! How could any courtier surround the emperor?!"

The emperor, who was in a hurry, swept his sleeves, waved the desk memorial, pen, ink, paper and inkstone to the ground, and ran to the pillar of the palace in disbelief, and knocked down the golden lamp post with one foot. According to the emperor's angry face, it flickered on and off.

"Oh, what are you doing, Your Majesty?"

Tian Lingzi hurriedly ran to blow on the fire, then turned around and ran to open the palace door, and called the guards and eunuchs to put out the fire.

The smoke was still lingering, Tian Lingzi closed the palace door again and came back, "Your Majesty, why bother to get angry because of these foreign ministers and hurt yourself. This servant will let the people below calm down with a bowl of iced cherry cheese."

The eunuch bowed and retreated, and within a few steps, the emperor stopped him with a sentence of "Come back!" Li Xuan turned to the eunuch, raised his hand and shook it, and finally hung it down behind his back.

"Today, I understand that I was too kind to these ministers in the past. Usually, you are on the other side of the court, and I am on the other side. The quarrels are so fierce that they are all played out for me. At this time, you have also seen it, big companion. Let's unite to stop me and block me."

With his hands behind his back, he became more and more angry as he talked, thinking about many things in his head.

"The rebels are bound to approach Tongguan. If I am still in Chang'an, once Tongguan is breached, I will be trapped in the city. How will I dispatch troops? Take control of the overall situation? Then I will go to Shu to avoid the edge temporarily. , and prepare for returning to Chang'an in the future. They are all smart on weekdays, why can't they see it? Or they can see it, just let me stay and see how loyal they are? Putting the king of a country in danger, these old bastards , Who are you going to show it to? How will the history books evaluate me in the future after blocking the door?! These old things."

Li Yan said that he was thirsty, so he took a cup and took a sip of tea, took a deep breath and continued: "There is also that Lu Xie, last time he indulged his confidant, and caused a trend of bribery, which caused the war in several states to be disadvantageous. He is old, and he has worked hard without any credit, so he jumped out in a hurry to respond to me before the debt was settled with him?"

"Don't beat" the emperor punched the corner of the table, and the candlestick on the trembling table shook twice, he gritted his teeth: "If you don't beat these old things, you don't know that I am still the emperor! That Lu Xie, I want to dismiss him, Go back and continue to be his prince's guest!"

Tian Lingzi bowed down and listened quietly. A little eunuch came in from the side door and handed him a note. He took it and read it. He waved the man back blankly and looked at the emperor who was still indignantly cursing. He bowed his body and took small steps forward.

"Your Majesty, the news about the southern tour of Sichuan was spread from the palace."

The emperor who was still waving and cursing stopped, turned his head and saw the note in Tian Lingzi's hand, his cheeks bulged, he gritted his teeth and sat down on the chair, looking straight at the shining lampshade.

"Burn the note, I know who it is."

"Your Majesty, can't you follow the family law?"

"Gu Chang served two dynasties in the palace, and counting me, it will be three dynasties. I can't bear to be so old, not to mention he passed it on to the emperor's aunt. What will I do with him? When that aunt of mine gets angry, What do you do if you hit me? You come to punish me?"

He said the last sentence in a joking tone, but the anger just now will not just pass away just because of a joke.

The lights reflected the silent emperor's figure on the window lattice, the flying corners of the palace eaves outside the palace, and the carved railings and floor tiles were bathed in the moonlight. Yulouge, the streets and alleys outside are gradually covered by the morning light.

In Yong'an Square, hawkers and yells rang out in the street, the house where the burden-carrying peddlers went, Geng Qing was called up early in the morning, and the guards of the consort's mansion were waiting outside.

Wang Jinqiu and Qiaoniang made breakfast, and served a bowl for the guard, and gave some small favors to make a good relationship. After all, my son is working in a powerful family, so what should I pay attention to? Maybe the guard will remember this small favor to remind him A few words.

When Geng Qing came down from the upstairs, the guard of the son-in-law's mansion hurriedly put down the bowl and chopsticks, stood up and cupped his hands: "I have seen Mr. Geng Lang, the son-in-law, and Your Highness, please come to the mansion."

"What's the matter?"

"I don't know."

Geng Qing nodded thoughtfully, let him wait for a while, then rolled up his cuffs, went to the water tank and poured clean water on his face to scrub. Just like an ordinary people.

But the more it was like this, the guards didn't dare to take it lightly. They respectfully waited until the young man finished washing, went to the stove, took the bowls and chopsticks, scooped up the meat porridge and squatted outside the shed to finish eating, and then followed him out of the courtyard.

The guards led the way on horseback, and when they arrived at the Prince Consort's Mansion, they were quickly invited in by the steward. Officials in twos and threes from the front yard came out together. Geng Qing didn't know most of these people, but the steward next to him remembered the names of these officials and watched them off leave.

After the person left, the steward invited Geng Qing to move on.

"Early this morning, many officials from the city came, accompanied by Prime Minister Zheng, and entertained by Prince Consort and His Highness. Right now, this is the second batch."

"For what happened yesterday?"

"Your Majesty already knows? Oh, that's right. Now that we're here, you can go in by yourself. Only the concubine is inside."

Geng Qing arched his hands towards the old man, lifted the hem of his robe slightly, stepped up the stone steps and walked into a side room in the front yard. This is also a place for receiving guests, not as serious as the middle hall. There are a pair of wooden couches against the wall, and a flower and bird door There is a screen, and a few tables and chairs are placed on the left and right.

When he came in, Yu Cong, the son-in-law, was putting down the teacup at the first place. When he saw Geng Qing coming in, he waved his hand so that he didn't need to salute, "Come over and sit down."

Geng Qing has been here more than ten times, so he is quite familiar with him. The son-in-law in front of him has many teachings, and there is also a teacher-student friendship in it.

After being seated, a servant girl came over to pour tea, and Geng Qing raised her hand towards the son-in-law from the seat.

"My son-in-law, ask Geng to come over, what's the matter?"

Over there, the old man hadn't recovered from his illness before, but at this time his heart was burning vigorously, and his whole body was in a delicate state. He seemed to be in high spirits, but actually looked weak.

He pressed his lips tightly, and after a while, he opened his mouth slowly, and only said one sentence.

"Geng Lang-jun, you should help me with something."

The old man is not the kind of person who opens the gates of the city to survive. He has endured the pain and has not collapsed. It is also the belief in protecting Chang'an that has been strong until now.

Geng Qing looked at him and nodded in admiration.

There is still some time before the rebels attack Tongguan, and the civil and military forces in the city still want to fight. The Tongguan soldiers in front prepared more food, fodder, armor, and weapons.

He even tried to persuade Tian Lingzi to lead the Shence Tenth Army, and sent a part of them to assist Tongguan in preparation. For a while, fast horses from inside and outside Chang'an City came in and out with countless messages, and rushed to Shudi, Fengxiang, Hedong, Hexi, Xiazhou, etc. around state county.

Jingzhaoyi’s yamen servants also carried official documents to the front of Chang’an and the rear of Tongguan, ordering or urging the people and villagers in many places in this area to move out, and if possible, destroy all the crops in the fields and implement the strategy of fortifying the walls and clearing the fields.

Time hastily passed to October, and the people west of Tongguan and east of Chang'an dragged their families and left, or crossed the Weishui River to join relatives in the north, or went south.

During this mighty migration, the army has already moved frequently, and the collected food, fodder and armor are sent to the front line, and the soldiers and horses on the pass are also making various mobilizations to build fortifications.

After doing all this, you can only wait quietly.

In mid-October, when the weather was the hottest, General Huang Chao also completed his rest in Luoyang and replenished his soldiers.

The mighty soldiers were marching forward, and the banners stood endlessly. In the field of vision, a man named Huang Chao was riding on his horse, stroking the mane on the horse's neck, his eyes seemed to have a scorching light, looking at Tongguan in the west.

'Early autumn is already withered and yellow, and it's time to wear golden armor all over the city. '

　There is only one update tonight, rest well, and write hard tomorrow.

　　Chapter 2 was only released at four o'clock yesterday, alas
　　
　
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