Neon Clothes and Iron Clothes

Chapter 275 Small talk
Cough, cough, cough!
At this time, there was a violent coughing sound in the cabin, and Wang Wenzuo frowned slightly: "It sounds like Liu Cishi's wind and cold are getting worse, why don't you rest at the post station in Heyang for two days, and go on the road after he recovers!"

"Why don't we talk about it when we get to Luoyang!" Jin Ren asked: "You and I know the situation of the post station. Even a good person will get sick if he lives for a long time. I have a mansion in Luoyang. Liu Cishi will live there first when he arrives in Luoyang. A good doctor will take a look, it won’t be too late to go to Chang’an after recovering from illness!”

"That's true!" Wang Wenzuo recalled the post stations on the road, the beds full of fleas, the stables separated by only one wall, and the well water that often smelled bad. It can only be said that it is better than the military camp, if it is not already early winter. , It’s better to sleep in a marching tent, at least you don’t have to worry about being infected.

"But if this is the case, Saburo will have to work hard for you!" Jin Ren asked with a smile.

"It's hard for me? How do you say this?"

"Inspector Liu is sixty this year, isn't he? At this age, he has contracted a cold again. It won't take ten days and a half months to heal. Even if he lies down for two or three months, it's not surprising! We can't wait until he recovers in Luoyang. Shall we go to Chang'an? You are the deputy envoy, so the burden falls on your shoulders?"

"If that's the case, I'm afraid Governor Liu won't stay in Luoyang!" Wang Wenzuo said with a wry smile, "With his temperament, he will go to Chang'an even if he insists on it!"

"This is not a matter of holding on!" Jin Ren asked with a smile: "He also has to recover from his illness when he arrives in Chang'an. With his current state, how can he see the emperor? Instead of recuperating in Chang'an, it is better to stay in Luoyang Yang, the hundreds of miles from Luoyang to Chang'an are very bumpy, he may not be able to bear it!"

"That's true!" Wang Wenzuo nodded. From Luoyang to Chang'an, you have to go through western Henan and southern Shaanxi. This area is mostly rugged mountains. The section of the Yellow River is not navigable, so you can only go by land. Liu Rengui is old and sick. It is not surprising that he died of illness on the way if he persisted.

"Hard work is hard work, but it is also a good opportunity for Saburo!" Jin Ren asked with a smile: "With Saburo's talent, the emperor will definitely use it more when he sees it!"

"The meeting in the court should just go through the process?" Wang Wenzuo asked: "It's far away, kneeling on the ground and kowtow, and then asking a few words, I can't even see the face clearly, how can I see something wrong?" No talent!"

"You're talking about the Dachaohui!" Jin Renwen beckoned, took Wang Wenzuo aside, and lowered his voice: "Today's health has been poor, and in the past two years he often fell ill, and he often suffered from headaches. It is very difficult to write a memorandum! The emperor has seldom participated in that kind of grand court meeting with complicated ceremonies. Like you, you either don’t see him, or you are only a few people in private in the inner court!"

"The imperial body is not good?" Wang Wenzuo was taken aback. It was not because of Emperor Gaozong's poor health, but because Jin Renwen even told himself such imperial secrets. This kind of favor is not light.

"Yes!" Jin Renwen sighed: "Did you know? Although the late emperor had many heirs, there were only three legitimate sons, and all three of them were not in good health. Needless to say, there is no need to abolish the crown prince." Foot disease, bad for walking; King Wei was fat and couldn't ride a horse, and died at 32, but the concubine sons were all heroic and inherited the family tradition, don't you think this is a strange number of days?"

Wang Wenzuo opened his mouth, but he didn't know how to answer. Today's ancestors started their family in Daibei Wuchuan, and then followed He Bayue into the Guanzhong to become one of the Eight Pillar Kingdoms. Bow and arrow riding and shooting can be said to be a family tradition. Li Yuan, Li Shimin is also the emperor on horseback. As a result, in Li Zhi's generation, the three sons, not to mention galloping on horseback, are not even a normal healthy person. If you use some mysticism, it is the heroic and decisive blood flowing in the emperor of the Tang Dynasty. It has been exhausted on the son-in-law, which is a very scary crime.

Seeing that Wang Wenzuo bowed his head and remained silent, Jin Renwen said with a smile, "It's windy on the river. It's not good if you get a cold. I'll have someone cook hot soup, and everyone will go back to the boat and drink a bowl to warm up!"

Wang Wenzuo returned to the cabin as if he had received an amnesty. He walked up to Liu Rengui and asked about his condition. Liu Rengui smiled wryly: "I'm old, my body won't be able to recover, and I'm dragging Saburo down!"

"Why did Mr. Liu say this? People who eat whole grains will never get sick!" He said a few words of consolation, and repeated the arrangement that Jin Ren asked just now: "This is what Director Jin meant. What does Mr. Liu think?"

Liu Rengui sighed: "He's right. Even if I arrive in Chang'an like this, I won't be able to see the emperor. Instead of suffering on the road, it's better to recover from my illness in Luoyang. The matter of meeting the emperor is up to you!"

"Your subordinate understands!" Wang Wenzuo responded, hesitated for a moment and said, "Just now I heard Director Jin say that the emperor's health is not very good, so I guess the meeting place will not be at the court meeting, but in the forbidden room!"

"I have heard about the imperial body of the emperor! He has been in Chang'an for many years and knows a lot about the affairs of the court. You need to ask him for advice, and you can save a lot of trouble!"

"Yes!" Seeing Liu Rengui's tired expression, Wang Wenzuo said a few gossips and left.When he got outside, he drank two sips of hot soup, but his thoughts became heavier. Jin Ren asked what he said to himself just now, it can be said that he thought carefully and feared, did this guy have some big conspiracy waiting for him in Chang'an? ?

If I remember correctly, from the mid-term of Emperor Gaozong to Wu Zetian's change of dynasty, all kinds of shocking cases in Chang'an City have never been interrupted. It was said that Li Zhi and Wu Zetian wiped out the nobles of the Guanlongmen clan. After traveling through Wang Wenzuo, he realized that this was not the case at all: Many people thought that the emperor of the Tang Dynasty imagined that the autocratic imperial power of the Ming and Qing dynasties had reached its peak. Turn a blind eye to the social changes of 600 years to the Ming Dynasty.

For example, the financial power at the state level in the Tang Dynasty was much greater than that of the Ming and Qing dynasties. In view of the lessons learned in the late Tang Dynasty and the Five Dynasties, starting from the Song Dynasty, except for paying the state officials to support the miscellaneous soldiers and a little money and food, the rest of the taxes were basically It was transported to the capital, and the taxes in the Tang Dynasty were roughly divided into three parts: Shangfu, Liushi, and Liuzhou. Therefore, the local financial resources in the Tang Dynasty were far greater than those of later generations, and with money, there were soldiers. Much weaker than later generations.There are also things like the appointment of officials, clans, secret service agencies, etc. As a result, the emperor of the Tang Dynasty became a high-risk occupation, and he was always in conspiracy without any sense of security.

Those killings and implications recorded in later generations are nothing but the emperor's self-protection and revenge, not targeted cleansing.In order to support the above point of view, Weber can make a suggestion: Readers are invited to Baidu to find out how many emperors of the Tang Dynasty ascended to the throne through normal father-son succession rather than abnormal means such as military coups, and how many of them died abnormally. What proportion of the emperor is, and then compared with the unified dynasties of the Song, Ming, and Qing dynasties, the answer will definitely open everyone's eyes.

　I forgot to update things in the morning, sorry!

　　
　
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