Early Tang Dynasty: forge ahead

Chapter 407 Going Home
There is no doubt that Shangguan Yi is the second type, a blindly confident person.

The smarter people are, the more they believe in their own judgment under special circumstances, and thus do some foolish things.

Shangguan Yi's intention to abolish the queen is the stupidest thing in the world.

Chen Qingsi didn't know why Shangguan Yi thought Li Zhi wanted to depose the queen, but he knew that given the current situation, it was impossible for Li Zhi to depose the queen.

Li Zhi is physically ill and he doesn't know how long he can live.

To put it bluntly, Li Zhi already had ideas about arranging funeral arrangements.

Otherwise, he would not have supported Empress Wu. After all, the prince was young, and with Li Zhi's temperament, he would not trust the young prince to be handed over to ministers.

After all, we cannot expect that all the auxiliary ministers will be Zhuge Liang. They may be Huo Guang, or even more likely Sima Yi and Yang Jian.

Let the queen assist the prince, constrain each other with the ministers, and buy time for the prince to secure his place in the temple.

If Empress Wu is deposed at this time, how will the current Crown Prince Li Hong deal with himself?

The son of a deposed queen, the son of a sinner?
Isolated? How will we gain a foothold in the temple in the future?
Shangguan Yi's intention to abolish the queen seemed to be to abolish the queen, but more importantly, he also abolished the prince.

Now Li Tang has fallen into a succession crisis. Li Zhi doesn't know when he will die of illness. If the crown prince's position continues to be unstable, the Tang Dynasty's reign may come to an end.

It goes without saying much about the stakes involved.

Shangguan Yi proposed to depose the queen, which is no different from premature death.

What's more, Shangguan Yi also has another identity: the former prince Li Zhong's consultant to the Chen Palace.

Li Zhong's mother was the Liu family of the palace. She was granted the title of King Chen in the 20th year of Zhenguan. Although she was Li Zhi's first son, he was not favored because of his concubine.

After Li Zhi succeeded to the throne, Queen Wang had no heirs. Queen Wang's uncle Zhongshu ordered Liu Shi to plan for Queen Wang and adopt Li Zhong to Queen Wang's knees.

Under the control of Liu Shi and Changsun Wuji, Li Zhong was successfully crowned prince.

After Empress Wu replaced Empress Wang, Li Zhong lost his status as the legitimate son. Xu Jingzong thought of his intentions and made his eldest son Li Hong the crown prince instead.

As a result, Li Zhong was demoted to the title of King of Liang...

Li Zhi was not at ease with Li Zhong. In the fifth year of Xianqing's reign, he demoted him to a commoner, moved him to Qianzhou, and imprisoned him in Li Chengqian's former residence in Qianzhou.

Due to his poor health, Li Zhi focused on health preservation and did not have many heirs. Once Li Hong was deposed because of this, there were not many options to choose from, and Li Zhong, who had been the prince, was one of them.

Shangguan Yi just felt that Li Zhi wanted to depose the empress, but in fact, given the current situation of the Tang Dynasty, it was impossible for Li Zhi to depose the empress.

Li Zhi needs Empress Wu to share the pressure with him and Empress Wu to support the future prince.

Shangguan Yi had guessed Li Zhi's thoughts wrongly, and given his identity and background, who would die if he didn't?
Chen Qingsi has his own future cause and effect and is fully in control of the situation. He will not save Shangguan Yi at this time.

But Chen Qingsi received Zhang Jianzhi's reminder.

He also heard that Zhang Jianzhi did not see through the situation in the temple, but relied on his political sense to realize that Shangguan Yi should not be touched, so he came to remind him.

As for why he can't touch it, given the information and abilities he currently has, he still can't tell the details.

Therefore, regarding the current situation, Zhang Jianzhi could not explain the reason. He just said: "Students are stupid and don't know the inside story. I just feel that I can't get involved, especially for someone with a sensitive identity like my husband."

Chen Qingsi has nothing to do with Queen Wang and Li Zhong, but he is related to Concubine Xiao Shu and Li Sujie.

Chen Qingsi pondered for a moment, then decided to click on something, and whispered: "Your Majesty is not feeling well, so I delegate power to the Queen. However, the Queen is not a puppet, she has her own ideas. If you have the power, you will inevitably overstep it. Your Majesty will take action if you don't want the Queen to be out of control." Interference. This is a battle between emperor and empress..."

Who kind of person is Zhang Jianzhi? It makes sense at a glance. It reminds me of the recent fierce fight between Shangguan Yi and Empress Wu.

Several of the confidants promoted by Empress Wu were taken away by Shangguan Yi, and Shangguan Yi did not take advantage. Empress Wu found fault several times, and some of his friends who relied on him were expelled from the temple.

Zhang Jianzhi also lowered his voice and said: "Your Majesty asked the minister to make the queen, but the minister misunderstood your majesty and thought he wanted to abolish the queen?"

"Most likely!" Chen Qingsi said: "Shangguan Xianggong is a smart man, but he thinks very highly of himself. Alas... it's really a pity."

After Chen Qingsi's suggestion, Zhang Jianzhi also figured out the cause and effect, and everything was explained clearly.

I looked at the gentleman in front of me with a bit of admiration. Even though I was in the situation, I couldn't see through it. My husband was far away in Baekje. He could understand everything just by listening to a few words from me. It was indeed amazing. He was worthy of being a gentleman. I had to study hard. That's good.

"Thinking about it this way, Mr. Shangguan feels a little aggrieved."

Chen Qingsi also responded: "Who says it's not the case?"

The relationship between Shangguan Yi and Li Zhong was just that small. It should be said that Shangguan Yi involved his whole family for that little thing together, and no one wanted to believe it.

Li Zhi may be skeptical at first, but he will definitely react later.

Just for the sake of the stability of the temple, why not sacrifice a Shangguan Yi to remove the last hidden danger?
The two discussed the situation in Beijing, especially the Qing Dynasty faction and the Tang Dynasty style.

The development of the Qing Dynasty was somewhat slack and its strength was weakened.

This was within Chen Qingsi's expectation. Ever since the Qing Dynasty came to Ji and demoted punishment, there had always been a problem: the lack of people who could truly carry the cauldron.

The leader of a party, whose rank is no higher than that of a minister, and cannot even enter the political hall, how can he not be seen clearly?
Fortunately, Chen Qingsi was still alive. Although he was also a minister, he was known as the hidden minister. He could meet the emperor anytime and anywhere to discuss state affairs, and he was favored by the emperor. Naturally, the consequences of this hidden danger were minimized.

With Chen Qingsi's departure, the Qingliu Party's problems have expanded.

Perhaps in the eyes of the world, the title of minister is already a very important official position. But in the temple, this final touch means a world of difference.

Chen Qingsi didn't expect Zhao Renben, Wang Dezhen, and Zhang Da'an to carry forward Qingliu and stabilize the basics. He just waited for his return.

"Everyone is waiting for your husband to return!"

Zhang Jianzhi also had a light tone in his tone. He was a member of the Qingliu Party. If the Qingliu Party was good, he would be good too.

As for the Tang Dynasty style, there is no need to say more about this.

Decaying things cannot escape the fate of decline after all.

The style of the Tang Dynasty has been accepted by the world. Scholars also took poetry and composition as a habit when traveling around the mountains and rivers. The writing style has also abandoned the glitz and turned into simplicity, connected with real life, and is no longer a game for the powerful.

But after all, because the contact is not deep, few people change in a short period of time and get used to the new writing style, and there are not many excellent works.

However, the existence of the four heroes of the early Tang Dynasty and the existence of the remaining three heroes still injected due vitality into the new writing style.

Knowing that everything went well, Chen Qingsi returned to Luoyang with Zhang Jianyi.

Daji County, where they are located, is only a short dozen miles away from Luoyang City.

Chen Qingsi returned to Luoyang quickly before sunset.

Chen Qingsi first said goodbye to Cheng Boxian and the Qianniu Guards who protected him all the way, and then headed to his new residence under the leadership of Zhang Jianzhi.

Chen Qingsi only learned from his letters to Xiao Miaochen that Li Zhi had gifted him a house in Jingshanfang, Luoyang.

But Chen Qingsi didn't know where Jingshanfang was.

Zhang Jianzhi introduced: "Compared with Chang'an, Luoyang's planning is more reasonable. Jingshanfang, where Mr. lives, is located on the right of Tianjie. Youdao is one of the 12th Tianjie, and Jingshanfang is one of them. It is the most luxurious in Luoyang location.”

Chen Qingsi walked along Tianjie, looking at the neighbors on the left and right, nodding her head, agreeing with Zhang Jianzhi's statement.

Chang'an's plan is actually somewhat unreasonable.

The root of this unreasonableness lies with Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty Yang Jian.

Yang Jian originally ordered Yu Wenkai to build Daxing City, with special emphasis on making it larger in scale and far superior to the previous dynasty. Men all like to be older, I understand.

But Chang'an is too big, which leads to huge hidden dangers in defense.

According to statistics, the area of ​​Chang'an City is as high as 87 square kilometers. A hundred thousand troops with four walls are not enough to surround the city. It is easy for someone to seize a corner and attack the city by force.

Chang'an is too big for the defenders to cover every area. When they receive news of the attack, it will take several hours for them to receive reinforcements from the front and back.

Therefore, regardless of the high walls and thick walls of Chang'an City, in the eyes of those who understand the art of war, it is just a sieve with air leakage from all sides.

As long as they attack Guanzhong, Chang'an will definitely fall.

This is why when the Tang Dynasty declined, there was a saying that the emperor escaped nine times.

The reason why Li Longji immediately ran away as soon as Tongguan was lost.

Chang'an is not a place that can be defended.

The loopholes are too big.

With the lessons learned from Chang'an, Yu Wenkai restrained himself a lot when building Luoyang.

Luoyang is directly half the size of Chang'an, but its internal layout and structure have been carefully polished.

Chen Qingsi came to Jingshanfang and Chen's house.

Looking at the new home and the plaque hanging high, Chen Qingsi felt a little uneasy.

"Sir, students will not disturb you. Your family is reunited."

Zhang Jianzhi left wisely.

Chen Qingsi signaled Zhou Kui to knock on the door.

As the door opened, it was an old acquaintance, Ren Xiao, the concierge of Chen House in Chang'an.

Ren Xiao saw Zhou Kui and Chen Qingsi, and shouted in surprise: "Master Lang is back, Master Lang is back."

Chen Qingsi walked into her new home and learned of her arrival. The servants and maids at home came from all over to greet her.

Half familiar and half unfamiliar, Chen Qingsi instantly understood that this must be Xiao Miaochen's handiwork.

The house in Luoyang is larger than the one in Chang'an and is in urgent need of manpower to take care of it.

If there is no time for assessment, half of the trustworthy old people from Chang'an will be transferred here, and then half of them will be recruited for screening and assessment.

With the improvement of status, the servants in this house are extremely critical.

Whether you are loyal or not is another matter. If your intentions are not right, you will get into trouble.

Xiao Miaochen's arrangement is the safest.

Chen Qingsi did not stay in the front yard for long, but took a look at the layout of the mansion, estimated the direction of the inner courtyard, and headed towards the inner courtyard.

Walking in the corridor, I heard the anxious voice of my wife Xiao Miaochen.

"Slow down, slow down, don't be too hasty!"

As the voice fell, a small figure appeared from the corner of the corridor.

The little guy was wearing autumn clothes and a tiger-head general hat, running forward happily.

But seeing Chen Qingsi stop, she reached out to grab her little lips, looked back, and followed him. Now she also stopped. Her mother, whose eyes were dim with tears, tentatively called out: "Aye?"

When Chen Qingsi heard these two words, her heart melted for a moment, the corners of her eyes were slightly moist, and she said, "It's Aye!"

He added: "Jingjing, it's Aye!"

"Aye!"

The little guy screamed extra loudly this time and rushed towards Chen Qingsi.

Chen Qingsi bent down and hugged the little guy tightly, picked him up, and looked at him carefully.

The little guy’s nose is like my mother’s, my eyes are like my father’s, my mouth is like my father’s, my eyebrows are like my father’s, and my ears are like my mother’s…

Chen Qingsi kept looking for the little guy to look like the couple, and the more she looked, the happier she became.

The little guy is the product of two people, a close relative whose blood dissolves in water.

From the little guy, Chen Qingsi found the shadow of the couple.

"Aye, Jingjing, I miss you so much! My mother said, Aye gives the mirror and takes the mirror, hoping that the mirror can use copper as a mirror, history as a mirror, and people as a mirror. She said Aye is for Jingjing can live a good life, study happily, and go to fight bad guys in far away places. As long as he defeats the bad guys, Aye will come back."

The little guy was chattering a bit without any clue.

As he spoke, he glanced at his mother and said softly: "Aye, let me tell you a secret. In fact, Jingjing doesn't like reading very much. You don't have to win to come back."

Chen Qingsi had been listening carefully. She couldn't laugh or cry when she heard this, but she still nodded: "Okay, next time Aye will come back early like this."

The little guy also reacted, clapped his hands and said with a smile: "Aye has defeated the bad guy? Hehe, great, Jingjing's Aye is the most powerful, give Aye a reward!"

He said, stretching his head and kissing his father on the cheek.

Chen Qingsi's father was greatly relieved and laughed.

Holding Jingjing in one hand, he came to Xiao Miaochen and said softly: "Madam!"

Xiao Miaochen lowered his head and smiled: "Mr. Lang!"

Everything is unspoken.

"Aye! Aye!"

The little guy didn't know how to take care of other people's emotions at this time, let alone the atmosphere, and he rudely broke the warmth between the couple.

Chen Qingsi was so angry that she grabbed his creaky nest with both hands and lifted him high.

The little guy was not afraid at all. Instead, he kept laughing and said: "Ride a big horse, ride a big horse. Jingjing wants to ride a big horse."

"it is good!"

Chen Qingsi naturally wanted to fulfill her precious son's wish, put him on her shoulders and run around in the backyard.

Until meal time...

The little guy is already able to eat on his own.

When eating, he is very polite and doesn't talk much. When he wants to speak, he will swallow the food in his mouth completely before speaking with a childish but clear accent.

Chen Qingsi was even more happy to see this.

The little guy is a little naughty and likes to play, but he still pays attention to details and rules.

I think Xiao Miaochen put a lot of thought into it...

What more can a husband ask for when his wife is like this?
(End of this chapter)