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

Chapter 871 Son of God, good luck

The red carriage drove into the Danfeng Gate. Liu Jinyu held Xiaoxia Niang in her arms and carefully raised the curtain.

On the palace avenue outside, a foreign envoy with a happy look took his family and servants, carrying gifts, to the Linde Hall.

Putting down the car curtain, Liu Jinyu looked at Li Xuan opposite and asked softly: "Don't you need to go to Honglu Temple first?"

"No need," Li Xuan shook her head gently and said, "Yang Shaoqing has arranged everything, and the only thing left is to attend the banquet, so I called him my husband."

Li Xuan, the young minister of Honglu Temple, had almost forgotten his duties after being banned for ten days.

At today's court meeting, the emperor asked him to attend the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet in the evening. He originally thought it was a family banquet. After the court meeting dispersed, he suddenly remembered that during the Mid-Autumn Festival, the imperial court would also entertain envoys from various countries in Beijing... these They are all the duties of Honglu Temple. The emperor called him and it was within his duties.

"I heard today that General Zuo Weiwei has been suspended." Liu Jinyu suddenly changed the topic to the most talked about thing in Beijing today.

The fact that Li Xuan was framed was just publicity within the DPRK, but the fact that Zuo Weiwei General Quan Shancai was suspended pending trial has already spread a lot.

"Mainly because of the position of General, General Quan himself is not that important." Li Xuan shook his head slightly and said: "It depends on how Your Majesty views this matter. In fact, there are many people who log near Zhaoling every year, but no one has ever done it. No matter what, General Quan is different after all. It doesn’t matter if he doesn’t get caught. Once someone bites him open, he will be in big trouble... Who knows if someone is eyeing the position of General Zuo Weiwei and then deliberately reports it? .”

Not every one of the sixteen guards of Nanya has a general. In many cases, the court prefers to leave this position vacant.

Sometimes, even if there is someone in this position, most of the time, the general will not do anything, but will hand over the responsibility to the two generals below.

For example, Qianniuwei, although General Zuo Qianniuwei is Wang Jishan, the real decision maker in Zuo Qianniuwei is General Zuo Qianniuwei and Prince Li Jingjia of Peiping County.

Another example is the Jinwu Guard. Although the general of the Zuo Jinwu Guard is Fang Xianzhong, the one who really calls the shots in the Zuo Jinwu Guard is General Zuo Jinwu and Gongcheng Chubi of Guangping County.

Quan Shancai, the general of Zuoweiwei, did not have much real power, but once this position was vacant, interested people could transfer to Zhengshitang through this position.

"It's also that General Quan's foundation is not deep, otherwise others would not touch him easily." Liu Jinyu also saw clearly.

Li Xuan nodded and said in agreement: "General Quan is the leader of the Dangxiang clan. He was persuaded to surrender by Cui Zhiwen, the Shangshu Zuocheng who was the governor of Lanzhou, and then the whole family moved to the interior. This is how he became the post of General Zuoweiwei."

In fact, Quan Shancai was somewhat similar to Li Jinxing, Li Duozuo and Hei Te Changzhi. They were all foreigners, and they had defected to the Tang Dynasty early and were awarded high officials and generous salaries.

However, in such an official position, because they are foreigners, they cannot exert the power of a general.

This is actually the same as the fact that Li Longji in later generations used foreigners as border generals.

"So, this General Quan belongs to Cui Zuocheng." Liu Jinyu's voice deepened.

Cui Zhiwen was born in the Yanlingfang of the Cui family in Qinghe. He started his career as Li Zhi Qianniu. He served as Sima of Lingzhou, governor of Lanzhou, and Zuocheng, the minister.

There is no doubt that this person will also be the prime minister of the DPRK in the future.

"The person who impeached him was Cui Mi, the censor Zhongcheng." Li Xuan sighed and said, "This is another person who is qualified to become prime minister."

Cui Mi was born in the Qinghe Dafang of the Cui family in Qinghe. He was a Jinshi and served successively as Youshiyi, Dr. Taichang, Dr. Kaogong, Compiler of the History Museum, Dr. Si Xun, Zhizhigao, and all the way to Yushi Zhongcheng.

Because there is currently a vacancy for the imperial censor in the imperial court, the censor Zhongcheng is the highest-ranking person in the censorship.

Of course, there is also a doctor who is admonishing the doctor above, and that is a matter on another level.

"Cui family." Liu Jinyu's face became solemn. The Cui family was not inferior to the Pei family in terms of status in the court, but the internal fighting in the Cui family had restricted their future.

"Don't worry, you have forgotten that my aunt was born in the Cui family of Qinghe, but she is a member of the Cui family's small house." Li Xuan patted Liu Jinyu's hand slightly.

Not only her aunt Cui was born in Qinghe, but even Li Xuan's cousin Zhao Gong was also from Qinghe, but from the Qinghe Zhao clan.

"I'm afraid this matter won't be solved that easily." Liu Jinyu raised her head and looked at the Linde Hall in front of her.

……

In the Linde Hall, the orioles sing and the swallows dance.

The foreign envoys came to greet him, and the emperor gave banquets and gifts, and the atmosphere was harmonious.

On the high platform, the emperor and Empress Wu sat in the center.

Li Xian and the five-month-pregnant Crown Princess Fang sit on the left, and the bottom on the left is Princess Taiping.

Li Xuan and Liu Jinyu sit on the right side, with Liu Jinyu holding her 37-day-old daughter Xianiang in her arms.

Xia Niang didn't give in at all, and kept stretching out her hands in Liu Jinyu's arms, as if she wanted to grab something, but when she couldn't grab it, bubbles started to bubble in her mouth.

Empress Wu looked at the naughty Xianniang and said softly: "I still remember Taiping was like this when he was little."

"Really, Queen Mother, was my daughter so cute when she was a child?" Princess Taiping leaned forward slightly and looked at Xia Niang in Liu Jinyu's arms with admiration.

"You, you are much more naughty than this. If you hadn't watched her more when you were a child, you might have burned down the palace countless times." Empress Wu gave Princess Taiping an angry look.

"Mother, you are talking nonsense again. My daughter is the most gentle and virtuous princess in the Tang Dynasty." Princess Taiping smiled playfully and sat upright in her seat.

Li Xuan's eyes unnaturally shifted from Princess Taiping to the countless foreign envoys below. The eyes of those foreign envoys fell on Princess Taiping from time to time.Everyone knows that Princess Taiping is the most favored daughter of the emperor and the queen. If she can marry Princess Taiping back to the country, then the country's power will increase who knows how much.

But now Princess Taiping is only 11 years old, and her actual age is only twelve. The emperor will not discuss marriage for Princess Taiping at this time.

"Come here, bring the child over and let me take a look." Empress Wu waved to Liu Jinyu.

"Here!" Liu Jinyu stood up immediately, and then put Xia Niang into the hands of the chamberlain. The chamberlain carefully delivered Xia Niang to Empress Wu's arms.

Li Xuan's eyes were already fixed on Xianniang. The moment Xianniang fell into Empress Wu's arms, his breathing could not help but pause.

You know, that is Empress Wu.

Although the legend of strangling her own daughter to death is somewhat absurd, she did kill Li Xian herself later.

Not to mention Li Xian's first wife Zhao Qi, who was starved to death by Empress Wu.

But soon, when everyone's eyes were on Xianniang, Li Xuan forced his eyes away and landed on the wine glass in front of him.

"Master Fuchang, you are such a blessed child." Empress Wu held Xia Niang in her arms and coaxed her gently. Not the slightest bit impatient.

Li Xuan's eyes flashed, and he couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief.

"Hey, what is that?" Empress Wu suddenly pointed to the red sachet on Xianniang's waist and raised her head to look at Liu Jinyu.

Liu Jinyu quickly said: "Report to the Queen of Heaven, this is what my husband brought when he came back from the west."

Liu Jinyu raised her head and looked at Li Xuan. Li Xuan nodded quickly, looked at Empress Wu and the emperor and said, "On the day I received the report from the imperial palace, I took advantage of my drunkenness to write some messages for my little girl's future life. I have always carried it with me, and after returning to Beijing, I put it on her body, and when she is older, she can open it and read it by herself."

"I know this." Li Zhi interrupted with a smile and said: "I still hope that my daughter will be smart and sensitive, and that she will be safe and have a happy family."

Li Zhi's eyes turned from Li Xuan to Princess Taiping, and then said solemnly: "Taiping, I am the same. I hope you will be smart, have no disasters, and have children and grandchildren."

"Thank you, Father." Princess Taiping stood up, blessed Li Zhi with a smile, and then said, "If the prince's brother bullies Taiping in the future, Taiping will use father's words to teach him a lesson."

Looking at Taiping's charming and naive appearance, it seems that someone once said this to him.

Princess Gaoyang.

Princess Gao Yang was the late emperor's favorite daughter, and their brothers also liked Gao Yang's sister very much, but everything changed after Gao Yang married Fang Yiai.

After recovering his thoughts, Li Zhi turned to look at Li Xuan and said, "Mr. 27 now has a daughter. Have you ever thought about what kind of son-in-law you want in the future?"

Li Xuan was slightly stunned, why did he bring it up here again, but he still raised his hand and said: "Report to your Majesty, I have thought about it."

Li Xuan glanced sideways at Liu Jinyu, and said in her surprised eyes: "I hope that my son-in-law can have some talent. At least he is a young hero, a Jinshi, and has enough knowledge. He is not afraid of being from a lower background. As long as he can see through the world, Be more transparent, take care of your family, love the people, be loyal to His Majesty, and loyal to the Tang Dynasty, that will be enough."

"Enough?" Li Zhi couldn't help but shook his head and said funnyly: "For many years, there have been only a few young heroes with real talents in the Tang Dynasty. And among the more transparent ones, I am afraid there is only one Yang Jiong, and the others Everyone is much different."

The four heroes of the early Tang Dynasty were Wang Bo, Yang Jiong, Lu Zhaolin and King Luo Bin.

Among the four people, Yang Jiong had the highest official position, and he lived the most stable life in his life.

This alone shows how transparent Yang Jiong is.

Li Xuan smiled slightly, and then said: "There are talents from generation to generation. I believe that it won't be long before more talents will appear in the prosperous age of the Tang Dynasty."

After a slight pause, Li Xuan said: "This is inevitable."

"It's inevitable. 27 Lang really knows what I think best." Li Zhi nodded with a smile, turned around, his eyes passed over Li Xian's body, and finally fell on Princess Taiping, and then said: "Taiping, If I choose such a husband for you, would you like it?"

"No." Princess Taiping pouted and refused directly. She raised her head and said directly: "My daughter has to choose her future husband."

"Hahaha!" Li Zhi couldn't help laughing. He didn't know whether he was laughing at Princess Taiping's naivety or looking forward to the future.

"The princess is born with beauty, and you don't need to choose any talent or ability when choosing a son-in-law. I believe that in addition to having a good family background and being pure, the most important thing for a princess to choose a son-in-law is good luck." Li Xuan just said. After finishing, Li Zhi turned his head in surprise and asked: "Good luck, how do you say this?"

"If you go out and take just two steps, you can kick out gold from the soil; if you dislike the weather, the breeze will start to blow; if you dislike the weather, it will rain immediately; if you dislike the weather, the sun will appear immediately." Li Xuan cupped her hands slightly. , said: "He is an elegant man, profound knowledge, pure and upright as a lotus, considerate and considerate. God's blessings will shine on him, and everything will go well."

After Li Xuan said a few words, Li Zhi was stunned.

Li Xian on the side immediately couldn't help shaking his head and said with a smile: "Uncle Wang is joking, where can there be such a person?"

"Yes!" Li Xuan turned to look at Li Zhi, raised her hands and said sincerely: "Isn't this the kind of person your Majesty is?"

Son of God, good luck and prosperity.

Li Zhi was stunned for a moment, and then he couldn't help laughing: "Hahaha..."

(End of this chapter)