People in the early Tang Dynasty: I compete with Wu Zhao for the throne

Chapter 544 Dali Temple, Di Renjie

On the eighth day of September, there is only one day before Li Xuan's wedding, but many guests have already started to visit.

In front of the gate of Prince Peng's Mansion, Ouyang Youming and Li Chongjing stood on both sides of the gate to welcome the guests.

The guests were quickly ushered into the main hall, and after meeting and greeting Princess Peng Ouyang and Li Xuan, they were led to the guest room to rest.

Li Xuan's mother's family, from grandfather Ouyang Xun to uncle Ouyang Tong, has always been a master of Confucianism in the dynasty, with a wide network of contacts.

Especially now that Ouyang Tong is serving as Wei Wei Siqing, he has many colleagues and friends, and Ouyang Youming is needed to receive him when he comes to the door.

As for Li Xuan's own family, the royal clan, naturally the sons of the princes are not allowed to come forward, and ordinary people are not qualified enough, so Li Chongjing, the eldest son of Li Xiaoyi, the Duke of Liang, and Li Chongjing, the eldest grandson of Huai'an King Li Shentong, can come to welcome him.

Li Xuan was in the Qianniuwei Jinwuwei, and had many colleagues and friends in the court. Li Chongjing is currently joining the army at the Qianniuwei, so it is appropriate for him to come forward.

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Standing in the atrium, Li Xuan had just sent the four princesses, Princess Huainan, Princess Qianjin, Princess Dongyang, and Princess Linchuan to the main room in the backyard. In a blink of an eye, he saw Li Xu, the son of King Huo, Li Na, the son of King Han, and Li Jing, the heir to King Zheng. Several come together.

After these people were settled properly, Qin Jun, Duan Huaichang, Su Baotong, Zhang Huan, Zhou Qian and a large number of people also came together hugging each other.

"According to the general's military order, my subordinates will wait for the next few days and let the prince arrange it." Zhou Gan and a group of Qianniuwei in red and gold armor stood in front of the middle hall courtyard, forced a smile, and looked at Li Li seriously. Xuan bowed her hands earnestly.

"Thank you, General, thank you all brothers." Li Xuan smiled and cupped his hands in return, looked at Qin Jun, and said, "After lunch, brother Jing Si will take all the brothers to the prime minister's mansion to welcome the dowry, the money for the dowry It's already packed."

"27 Lang, don't worry, brother Yu has arranged everything for you properly." Qin Jun patted his chest to assure, then waved to everyone: "Come with me, let's go to the back garden, where it is the quietest."

Everyone bowed their hands to Li Xuan, then went to the back garden together with a smile.

Li Xuan sighed softly, looked sideways at Yu Ze who was following him, and said, "I have been working in Zuoqianniuwei for many days, and I still have some contacts. Brother Beiping, and General Wang are waiting for me. Not thin."

Li Xuan, the inspector general of Zuo Qianniu Wei Zhonglang, should have been dismissed when he arrived in Chang'an.

Although there is a reason for the emperor's special care, it is also a fact that there is no one in Zuo Qianniuwei to hinder him, so it has been left until today.

"My lord's connections are not weak. Look, Dali Temple He is coming." Yu Ze pointed to the door, and Dali Temple Temple, who hadn't seen him for a long time, walked in through the main entrance.

But he didn't come alone, he was accompanied by a middle-aged man in a black robe.

The middle-aged man was thin, with a serious face, and two exquisite mustaches on his lips.

When the pair of small eyes blinked, there seemed to be a different kind of temperament, which was particularly eye-catching.

"Brother He!" Li Xuan bowed to He Yiqiu solemnly, and then said, "I was supposed to visit the house a few days ago, but I have something to do and I can't get away, please forgive me."

"My lord, you're being polite. The things my lord sent to the mansion are very valuable. He has nothing to repay, so he can only come to the door to be ordered." He Yiqiu also returned the gift, and then he and Li Xuan laughed calmly at the same time. up.

"Brother He, this way please, this one?" Li Xuan looked at the small-eyed middle-aged official who came with He Yiqiu.

"Di Renjie, from Jinyang, Bingzhou, is now serving as the prime minister of Dali Temple." As soon as He Yiqiu finished speaking, he saw Li Xuan's eyes widened in surprise, but Li Xuan came back to his senses immediately, and said with emotion: "So It was Brother Huaiying, when we were picking up Mr. Zi'an outside Luoyang City that day, it seemed that Brother Huaiying had just left, only one step away..."

"Huaiying has seen the king!" Di Renjie stood upright, cupped his hands slightly to Li Xuan and said, "Brother Zi'an has written many times, talking about what the king did in Wuzhou, and nothing else, but Li Yonghui The matter of the stele really admired the lower officials and many colleagues."

Hearing what Di Renjie said, Li Xuan didn't care that he was Di Renjie, and hurriedly asked, "Dali Temple already knows about this?"

"Dali Temple, Ministry of Criminal Justice, Your Majesty, you know everything you need to know." He Yiqiu stretched out his hand, and the three walked in together.

After entering the inner room, He Yiqiu continued: "However, Zhang Weng and Pei Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment suppressed it, just like what the prince did. This matter should not be rushed."

"That's good." Li Xuan let out a long sigh of relief, he didn't intend to make any publicity about erecting the Yonghui Monument.

Even when he returned to Chang'an, he had no intention of telling Emperor Wu Empress, not even Li Xian.

"Actually, everyone intends to follow the example of the prince, and set up a stele in one place when they work in one place. When the officials of Dali Temple serve in all the prefectures and counties of the Tang Dynasty, then the matter of the Yonghui stele will be completed." Di Renjie said in a word. , Li Xuan couldn't help being surprised.

Once this kind of thing can be done, it will have a huge impact on the entire Tang dynasty.

Even some kind of intellectual revolution.

Li Xuan couldn't help sighing with emotion: "I originally planned to do this a little bit, even if I spent my whole life, now with your help, maybe I can see this scene before I rest my eyes."

When he tried to forcefully push this matter, he still hadn't moved, and the endless pressure had already fallen on him.

But when he was about to do this silently, countless people saw what he did and were ready to follow suit.

This feeling is really shocking.

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"Huaiying, you have to remember that our Nanchang County King is best at keeping a low profile." He Zhiqiu looked at Li Xuan with a half-smile, and said, "If Zhang Weng and Huang Shaoweng hadn't entrusted me this time Congratulations, I'm afraid I don't know that the relationship between the prince and Huang Shaoqing is so deep."

"Xiao Wang and Huang Shaoqing just met a few times back then. When he was passing through Pengzhou in the early years, he was curious about the waterwheels in many places in King Peng's fief, so he had a little chat with this king." Li Xuan sighed softly. , Said: "Who would have thought that the Dushui envoy who was envoy to Tubo back then had already sat in the position of Shaoqing of Dali Temple."

Huang Rensu, the former water envoy of the capital, is now the Shaoqing of Dali Temple.

When I went to Tubo as an envoy, I had more or less plans to let Huang Rensu spy on Tubo's mountains and rivers, and it seems to have succeeded.

Only then did he accumulate meritorious service and was promoted to the post of Shaoqing of Dali Temple.

"Your Majesty also had the opportunity to directly sit on the Shaoqing of Dali Temple, the lord forgot?" He Yiqiu looked at Li Xuan a little funny.

Under Di Renjie's surprised eyes, Li Xuan quickly waved his hands and said, "That's just the Queen of Heaven's sudden words, how can it count."

"But the prince has already inspected the young minister of Honglu Temple." He Zhiqiu's voice suddenly dropped, and then said: "The sage has no intention of dismissing the prince, the inspector of the Honglu Temple, at all. "

The entire political arena in Chang'an is as leaky as opening a window to allow people to peep from a close distance.

Can't hide any news.

The fact that Li Xuan was about to step down as the school inspector Zuo Qianniu Wei Zhonglang seemed to have been known to most people unconsciously.

"That's all in the future. No one knows how the sage arranged it. The most important thing now is to handle Wuzhou's government affairs well. That's my job." Li Xuan saw all this clearly , and he is also extraordinarily calm.

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Li Xuan had just sent him to He Yiqiu and Di Renjie in the future. Before returning to the main entrance, he saw his cousin Zhao Gong with a middle-aged man with a refined appearance, short beard, a blue water ripple robe, and bright eyes. A tall official walked in.

Wu Chengsi, Zhou Guogong, secretary supervisor, son of Empress Wu's elder brother, there are even more sinister and vicious characters in the competition.

Li Xuan suddenly stepped forward with a gentle expression on his face: "Uncle, Zhou Guogong."

"Your Majesty." Wu Chengsi saluted very solemnly, with a serious expression on his face.

"Dalang doesn't need to be so polite, we are all from our own family." Zhao Gong nodded with a smile, and said, "Take me and Fengxian for a walk, it will be noon soon, after lunch, Fengxian will I have to go back to work, and it will be tomorrow."

Wu Chengsi, whose character is Fengxian, has the same character as Lu Bu.

"Follow the order, brother Fengxian, please!" Li Xuan stretched out his hand, and Wu Chengsi said kindly: "The prince should invite first...or, uncle first."

Li Xuan and Wu Chengsi both looked at Zhao Gong at the same time.

Zhao Gong is the son of the aunt and nephew of the Empress Wu family, and is also the cousin of Wu Chengsi in terms of seniority.

"You guys!" Zhao Gong left first, and Li Xuan took Wu Chengsi to meet his mother and concubine Ouyang very frankly, and then met Huainan Dachang Princess and Qianjin Princess, and then Han Wang Li Yuanjia, Han Wang Shizi , Huo Wangshizi and a series of clan relatives.

"Si Lang, please sit down and have a drink later." Li Xuan cupped his hands to a tall, thin young man with a slightly pale face, and then led Zhao Gong and Wu Chengsi out of the side room.

It was only at this time that he introduced in depth: "Xiao Xian is the youngest son of Song Guogong Xiao Rui, the son-in-law captain, and now serves as the county magistrate of Xunyang."

"No wonder." Zhao Gong immediately understood that most of the people that Li Xuan brought Wu Chengsi to meet were superficially polite, and they didn't have much real affection for Wu Chengsi, only Xiao Xian's attitude was very eager.

However, when he heard that Xiao Xian was an ordinary county magistrate, Zhao Gong lost much interest. Instead, Wu Chengsi chatted with Xiao Xian enthusiastically.

The Xiao family in Lanling is also a well-known family in the world. Xiao Xian's mother is Princess Xiangcheng, the eldest daughter of Emperor Taizong;

Li Xuan took a few steps forward, then pushed open a door, and introduced everyone in the room to Wu Chengsi: "This is Brother Zhenghe of Dali Temple, this is Brother Chengdi of Dali Temple, Huaiying Brother is from Taiyuan, very close to Wenshui."

"Wu Chengsi met Brother He, Brother Di, Brother Lai." Wu Chengsi greeted everyone gently, but he immediately looked at Di Renjie.

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"Brother Feng Xian wants to drink a few more glasses tomorrow!" Li Xuan stood at the door, watching Wu Chengsi leave with a gentle expression.

Then re-entered the compound, looking at Yu Ze who was waiting on the side, Li Xuan sighed helplessly and said, "Finally, I got rid of this sticky plaster."

"The lord seems to be deliberately leading him to meet Xiao Xian and Di Renjie?" Yu Ze's voice rang in Li Xuan's ear.

"This king is just helping him build a platform. As for where he can go in the end, it's up to him." Li Xuan turned and left without saying anything more.

Yu Ze, who knew Li Xuan very well, immediately understood that Li Xuan was digging a hole for Wu Chengsi.

If Wu Chengsi really accidentally fell into it, then although it would not be unlucky to say the end, it would be enough to disappoint Empress Wu.

Di Renjie is the prime minister of Dali Temple, if Wu Chengsi makes mistakes, it is easy to cause accidents, but Xiao Xian has something wrong.

Yu Ze didn't understand. Also, can Di Renjie's small body withstand this kind of wind and rain?

Li Xuan didn't look back, but secretly smiled in her heart.

In fact, very few people know that in today's world, the person who appreciates Di Renjie the most is Empress Wu.

(End of this chapter)