Elegy of Tang Dynasty

Chapter 225: Shooting the Concubine in the Liyuan

Brother Ji wore a thick cotton-padded jacket today. Fang Chongyong is familiar with the style and material of this kind of clothing, because the cotton stuffing inside comes from Shazhou, and even the "modern elements" in it are all according to Fang Chongyong's meaning Added in, the practicality is first-rate.

The "expensive goods" in the Western Regions are indeed the luxury goods circle that is rampant in Chang'an.

Fang Chongyong complained secretly in his heart.

"I am late, please forgive me, sage."

As soon as they met, Fang Chongyong saluted Li Longji with folded hands.

In fact, he came not too late, even a little earlier than the requested time, but he couldn't bear the thought that Brother Ji camped here last night.Otherwise, Fang Youde, who is in charge of security work, would not have been patrolling outside the opera house so early.

"It's not a crime, it's not a crime. You came neither early nor late, just right."

Brother Ji said with a smile, seemingly in a good mood.He waved his hand to the eunuch beside him. The young eunuch named Bian Lingcheng handed Fang Chongyong the small bow he was holding, which was significantly smaller than the hunting bow.

Also included was a pot of arrows containing ten arrows.

Fang Chongyong took the bow and arrow, looked at it again and again, and gently pulled the bowstring.Then he was surprised to find that this bow was very "soft". Don't expect too much from it. It only has a maximum range of [-] or [-] steps. It can reach the sky with any girl these days. kind of "toy".

He took another arrow out of the quiver and took a glance at it. He found that not only was there no arrowhead, but the arrow shaft was also made of paper.Moreover, the head of the arrow shaft was also coated with charcoal powder, and it had an indescribable stimulating aroma.

"This is a romantic arrow. Shooting a romantic arrow won't hurt anyone. Have you ever seen it?"

Li Longji asked with a smile on his face.

Fang Chongyong put away his bow and arrows and hung them on his waist. He then saluted Brother Ji with his hands crossed and said, "Not only is this something I have never seen before, but it is also something I have never heard of."

He spoke the truth.

Fang Chongyong felt that shooting women with arrows was a game that was not played in Shazhou, but Liyuan Forbidden Garden actually played it so well that no one would believe it!It's normal if you haven't seen it, but it's abnormal if you have seen it.

"Hey, you don't have to have seen it before, you will see enough today.

There are ten romantic arrows here. If you don’t have enough after shooting them, please come back to me for more.You are young and full of energy. You must cum a few more times this time.

Don't be stupid and just cum when you see a palace maid. Choose a young and beautiful one to cum. "

Brother Ji looked like a cynical little old man, smiling evilly, and couldn't help but "point out" to Fang Chongyong how to "shoot the concubine".

"Sage, I'm afraid I won't be able to participate in today's event for fear of dying."

Fang Chongyong said embarrassedly.

"Hey, I've thought of this a long time ago. Didn't I say that romantic arrows can't kill people?"

Li Longji laughed loudly.

"No, sage... Weichen, I don't know how to shoot arrows. I can't use these romantic arrows."

Fang Chongyong spread his hands helplessly and sighed.

In fact, he can do archery, and he can also do it on horseback. After all, he practiced archery in Shazhou for four years.It's just that his archery skills are quite average and not worthy of elegance.

The reason why Fang Chongyong doesn't want to "shoot the concubine in the theater" is just because he feels that the atmosphere at home is very good now. Wang Yunxiu and Anaye also get along very well, and the family can be considered to be of the same mind.If more women come in, they are just asking for trouble.

So why bother? He has no shortage of women now.

Isn't there a saying that everything goes well when the family is in harmony? Fang Chongyong is a person who is very afraid of trouble.

"Can't shoot arrows? I heard that Aiqing often led troops on expeditions in Shazhou. You are still Fang Quanzhong's son. Are you telling me that you can't shoot arrows?"

Brother Ji asked in a bad tone.

Just now he was smiling and wishing he could tell Fang Chongyong some dirty jokes, but now his face is as gloomy as water, and his face is like turning over a book.

The horror of accompanying a king like a tiger is indeed not a legend in the world.

"Returning to the saint, it is true that Wei Chen does not know how to shoot arrows and can only shoot Wuduo. When killing enemies in battle, he mostly shoots Wuduo.

If Wei Chen were to beat up romantic Wu Duo in the Liyuan today, he would be beaten to death. "

Fang Chongyong bowed and folded his hands in salute and explained.

"Hit Udo?"

Brother Ji has no experience in battles and is not familiar with Tubo customs. He has only heard of Wu Duo and does not know much about how to use it.He winked at Gao Lishi beside him, and Gao Lishi immediately leaned over and explained in a low voice.

"Hey, I can't tell that Aiqing can also beat Wu Duo!"

Brother Ji looked at Fang Chongyong and continued with a smile: "General Gao, send someone to the inner treasury to find Wu Duo, a tribute from the Tubo people. Today I want to open my eyes and see what a good man of the Tang Dynasty is like." The one who beat Udo.”

He seemed quite dissatisfied with Fang Chongyong's "ignorance of current affairs".In Brother Ji's opinion, if you don't know how to shoot, you can come and join in the fun. It's your fault if you don't finish!

Soon, the eunuch who rode to the inner treasury hurriedly handed over to Fang Chongyong a udo inlaid with gems and woven from yak hair, as well as a matching udo. Box of "Stone Bullets".

Fang Chongyong opened the wooden box and took a look and found sixteen "stone bullets" inside. Each one was the same size and had a very smooth appearance.

In fact, from any angle, you can see that this set of Udo is a handicraft and is not used in actual combat at all.If Uduo added a set of stone bullets to the Hexi border and sold them to the Tibetan nobles, they would probably fetch a lot of money.

But now, Fang Chongyong is in a dilemma.If he doesn't give Udo a good beating today, Brother Ji won't let him have an easy time.

"Please forgive me, sage. That humble minister has made a fool of himself."

Fang Chongyong crossed his hands and saluted Brother Ji.

"Did you see that sparrow? Shoot it down for me."

Brother Ji pointed at the sparrow on a branch not far in front of him and said.

"Here!"

Fang Chongyong saluted, but saw Gao Lishi slowly walking over, handing over an iron wrench in his hand and saying: "The saint rewards you, so give your wudou a good beating."

Although playing Wuduo is no better than archery, and does not require an iron finger at all, the meaning of the imperial gift is already clear.

Fang Chongyong took a deep breath, put the stone bullet into Wu Duo's "eye", held it in his hand and started spinning it.

His eyes were fixed on the sparrow on the treetop, and he recalled in his mind the secret of how a Tubo man from Shazhou taught him the secret of beating Wu Duo: no matter how Wu Duo spins and accumulates power, the final victory or defeat will be determined by throwing it out. That moment.

Aiming and shooting are integrated. The more determined you are, the straighter the trajectory will be!

"Snapped!"

The branches were broken and the sparrow fell into the snow. It was still flapping but could not fly!But he was obviously not killed.

"Good! Good! Good fight!"

Brother Ji yelled and ran over to watch like a child who hadn't had enough fun, only to find that the sparrow was only scratched and could even jump on the ground, but it was not dead at all!It can’t fly either!

Killing a sparrow is not unusual, after all, it is not far away.But it is not easy to "shoot down" a sparrow without dying!

"The saint just asked Wei Chen to knock down the bird, so Wei Chen knocked it down.

A saint would not kill for pleasure without reason, and a humble minister would not bring shame to a saint. "

Fang Chongyong came over and crossed his arms and saluted.

Brother Ji just said to knock the sparrow down, not to kill it!What if the sparrow is really beaten to death and Brother Ji takes the opportunity to get angry?
Fang Chongyong not only has a strong mindset of being evil to the people and harming me, but he is also very cautious in doing things. When Brother Ji said "shoot it down", he really knocked it down. It can be said that there is no leakage.

"Okay, well said! You mean it especially to me!"

Brother Ji was very happy. Looking at Fang Chongyong who was bowing and bowing, he suddenly thought of a crooked idea.

“Well, there can’t be no reward.

Then I will make you the Marquis of Wuduo and reward you with [-] acres of Yongye land. "

Brother Ji laughed and said.

Hearing this, the eunuchs around him all looked at each other in confusion, wondering what this "Wudohou" was.

Although the titles of the Tang Dynasty were no longer "real titles", the names were basically reliable because they were nominally subject to "taxation" from the fiefdom, such as "Zhao Guogong" or "Huaiyin Marquis".What does this "Wu Duohou" do?

Although the titles of marquises in the Tang Dynasty were basically useless and their specific power was smaller than that of the Qipin County Magistrate, the canonization ceremony was extremely grand.

It needs to be proposed by the prime minister or the emperor first, and after being reviewed and approved by the three provinces and six ministries, it can then be submitted to the Yushitai for review before it can be turned into an imperial edict and issued.Those who are awarded a title must come to Chang'an and participate in the knighting ceremony before they are confirmed to be ennobled.

Where can the emperor go through the entire process just by saying something casually?You know, the political process represents political power to a certain extent!

Ji Ge arbitrarily ennobled his ministers as princes, which in fact deprived him of the power of the three provinces, six ministries and the Yushitai in disguise. This was a declaration of war on the entire civil service system!

"It's not allowed for saints."

Gao Lishi quickly tried to dissuade him.He can't help but stand up, because although it is a small matter, it can shake up the big system and cause big waves.

"Besides, there is no Wuduohou in the Tang Dynasty who can be granted the title."

Gao Lishi continued to whisper in Ji Ge's ear.

"Can't I create one?"

Li Longji said in a bad tone.

"Even if you want to create a saint, you still have to go through the process of three provinces, six ministries and the Yushitai. This cannot be omitted."

Gao Lishi urged.

"Then remember to remind me to issue an imperial edict tomorrow and say hello to Ge Nu."

Brother Ji waved his hand impatiently and said, he knew that it was hard to say what happened to the Yushitai, but Li Linfu from the Three Provinces and Six Ministries would not embarrass the emperor.

"Thank you saint for your grace."

Fang Chongyong pretended to be very excited and crossed his hands to salute, but in his heart he was wondering what Brother Ji's intention was.Fang Chongyong didn't care about the Marquis or anything like that at all, but he felt that there was a lot in it for the [-] acres of Yongye Field.

It is very possible that these fields are from the lineage of Li Heng who was killed.

Brother Ji has been immersed in intrigues for decades, and it is impossible for him to do something completely meaningless according to his mood.

Think about the titles Gao Wei gave to a lot of eagle dogs he raised in the late Northern Qi Dynasty, such as "Chi Biao Yi Tong", "Xiao Yao Jun Jun", "Ling Xiao Jun Jun", etc.

Even animals can get "titles". It seems that it is not an exaggeration to call himself "Wu Duohou".

Fang Chungyong thought as if to comfort himself, but he smelled a hint of national subjugation from here.

Isn't it like this when a thousand-mile embankment is destroyed by an anthill?

At this time, Li Linfu, the right minister of the Tang Dynasty, came with a group of ministers to pay respects to the emperor. Everyone ignored Fang Chongyong and stepped forward to salute Brother Ji.

In Fang Chongyong's expectation, these people should be polite people standing aside to watch the show, and it is impossible to end up "shooting the concubine".Unexpectedly, they seemed to know what was going to happen in advance. They wore Hu people's trousers and half-arms all winter long, as if they planned to "join in the fun" later.

This was not Fang Chongyong's conjecture, but Li Linfu took the lead in taking over the "equipment", which was the soft bow and the "romantic arrow" made of paper. None of the courtiers felt ashamed at all, let alone raised any objections. .

Fang Chongyong suddenly felt that he was still too young!

"Hahaha, anyone who doesn't cum today is deceiving the emperor. Dear ladies, please supervise each other!"

Brother Ji pretended to be displeased and threatened the ministers with a tigerish face.

"We will obey the orders of the saint!"

"Zheng Yushi, you are responsible for supervising and recording!"

Brother Ji pointed at Zheng Shuqing and said.

Fang Chongyong was stunned, but he didn't expect Lao Zheng to come to join in the fun.These two important officials of the imperial court came to play the game of "Shooting the Concubine in the Liyuan" with Brother Ji when they had nothing to do. Their integrity was shattered all over the floor.

If they had any sense before.

"Today at noon, the game officially starts. Dear friends, you can go to the camp over there to have some delicious food.

General Gao, take them with you. "

Brother Ji ordered Gao Lishi.

"Everyone, please follow this way."

Gao Lishi made a gesture of invitation and then led the way.

After many central court officials left, Brother Ji summoned Fang Chongyong to his side, sighed and asked, "Do you think I am an unruly king?"

"Back to the saint, Wei Chen didn't think so."

Fang Chongyong said calmly, his face calm.

"Oh? Then tell me what you think."

"Back to the saint, this activity in the pear garden may seem ridiculous, but in fact the saint felt sorry for the loneliness and wasted time of the maids in the palace, so he found an excuse to relieve them and give them a new life.

It is an act of doing good. "

Fang Zhongyong defended Brother Ji against his conscience.

"That's right. I'm already in my twilight years, so why would I need [-] maids?

Five thousand maids were released today, and another five thousand will be released after the new year.Within three years, I will reduce the number of palace maids to less than 1.

Everyone in the world just thinks that I am fooling around, who can know my painstaking efforts? "

Brother Ji said with a hypocritical sigh.

At this moment, Fang Chongyong quietly settled a score for Brother Ji in his heart.If you raise a maid in the palace, on average, each person will have to pay at least the same amount of money every month. 5 people are 60 guan a month, [-] guan a year.

And according to general procedures, every time a palace maid is dismissed, the inner court needs to pay severance pay. All of this money comes from the inner treasury and does not involve the national treasury.

Including the severance pay, the average person costs almost 100 guan, which is [-] million guan.

All these things added up, heading directly towards 200 million yuan!On weekdays, there are often rewards and other rewards in the palace, and every level is greedy from top to bottom. Fang Chongyong does not dare to think about how much it costs to raise so many women!

All these expenses came from Ji Ge's small treasury.

However, out of these [-] palace maids, Brother Ji did not enjoy any real benefits or fun at all. He never even touched these women!

Brother Ji, who has a bad reputation for possessing tens of thousands of women, has not gained any real benefits at all. Anyone who is a normal person would not want this situation to continue!

Brother Ji spent all those millions on himself. Isn't it uncomfortable for him? Isn't it humiliating?

What are you doing raising these [-] beauties?

At this moment, Fang Zhongyong realized it!
On the surface, it seems that Brother Ji cares about her, but in fact, it is just a "year-end destocking" full of copper stench.

The ministers enjoyed the fun of "shooting the concubine in the opera garden"; Brother Ji saved a lot of severance pay and daughter-raising fees; the maids gained the coveted freedom and "flyed into" the homes of ordinary bureaucrats.

Three parties participate, and all three parties are happy. This trick is simply killing three birds with one stone!

If it weren't for the fact that this occasion couldn't be too arrogant, Fang Chongyong would have wanted to give Brother Ji a crazy call.

Just when he was stunned, an inappropriate word suddenly came to his ears.

"Sage, I kindly ask you to stop gathering people for lewdness in the pear garden. This is an insult to the country!"

Kneeling in front of Brother Ji was a middle-aged man with a gray beard. Fang Chongyong had met him once. This man seemed to be Yan Zhenqing, the imperial censor in the palace!
"Presumptuous, are you saying that I am a foolish king, I am King Zhou, and I am playing in the wine pool and the meat forest?"

Brother Ji turned around and cursed at Yan Zhenqing who was kneeling on the ground.

"Return to the saint, it is indeed the case. Please take back your life, saint."

Yan Zhenqing still bowed with his arms folded, unable to kneel down.

(End of this chapter)