Tang Dynasty woman

Chapter 41: A Romance in the Early Tang Dynasty: The Eternal Empress (1) ([-])
16. Jumping beam clown Lai Junchen
Li Yuanjia, the king of Han, called on the world to welcome the restoration of Zhongzong, but he was in a hurry to prepare for the army and was defeated by Wu Sansi.Han Wang Li Yuanjia and Lu Wang Li Lingkui and other rebellious clans and royal relatives hanged themselves in fear of crime. The remaining 400 people surnamed Li were sent to the southern suburbs to be killed.Against this historical background, the always ruthless Emperor Zetian let the notorious cruel officials Zhou Xing and Lai Junchen enter the stage of history.

Lai Junchen's father, Laicaoben, was a gambler and committed adultery with his friend Cai Ben's wife. It happened that Cai Ben lost another bet and owed Laicao hundreds of thousands of gambling debts, so he pushed his wife to Laicao.When Cai's wife came home, she was already pregnant, and within two months a boy was born. of this.

Lai Junchen was vicious and idle since he was a child. He devoted himself to spreading rumors and harming his companions. Later, because of the crime of rape and robbery, he was arrested by the assassin Dongping Wang Li Xu and took a hundred sticks and shackles to show the thoroughfare.Later, Emperor Zetian became popular with false accusations, and Lai Junchen went to the capital to report that Dongping King Li Xu had conspired against him.This move actually made this villain successful, and the Emperor Zetian called him loyal, worshiped him as a servant censor, added Chaosan doctor, specialized in punishment and prison litigation, and was later promoted to Zuotai censor Zhongcheng.

No civil or military man in the Manchu Dynasty was afraid of Lai Junchen. Lai Junchen and his accomplice Zhu Nanshan and his party made the volume of "Informant Luo Zhijing", which was scolded forever, and explained in detail the methods of using torture and intimidation.Every time Lai Junchen interrogated the prisoner, regardless of the severity, he would pour vinegar into the prisoner's nose and imprison him in the dungeon;As for the place where the prisoner sits and lies, it is fumigated with filth and bitterness, and he cannot be released from prison unless he dies.Whenever there is an amnesty, Lai Junchen will kill all the prisoners in prison first, and then announce the purpose of the amnesty.He also built the No. [-] Great Flail, one for Ding Baimai, two for not being able to breathe, three for suddenly roaring, four for immediate succession, five for losing soul and gallbladder, six for reversing the truth, seven for being against the truth, eight for dead pigs worrying, Nine begged to die immediately, and ten begged to destroy their homes. There were also iron bridles attached to the shackles.Every time a criminal is caught, let him walk in front of the torture device first, to ensure that his soul will be shattered and he will confess all his grievances.

However, Emperor Zetian saw that the excellent officials judged cases like gods, so he repeatedly increased the rewards. In this way, the officials all over the world competed cruelly, and any family with good officials and important officials would be destroyed immediately if they were falsely accused.

In such a good atmosphere, Xue Huaiyi's party members ran amok everywhere, murdered and raped women, and no one dared to cry out for injustice.Later, when Xue Huaiyi entered and left the palace, he used the emperor's authority. His monks also rode royal horses, shouting and embracing each other. Wherever they passed, pedestrians avoided the road and shops were closed.Even Wu Chengsi and Wu Sansi, who are famous for power invasion at home and abroad, got off the horse and got off the car when they saw Master Xue, humbly proclaiming the Grand Master of the State, and bowed to see him off by the roadside.The court is as expensive as Princess Taiping, and she has long forgotten the toss of life and death in the gentle cave, and she has no shame in calling Xue Huaiyi his father.

17. Don't spare the blood and tears of the people

Because the White Horse Temple was far away from the imperial palace, Xue Huaiyi built another temple at the original site of the Jing'ai Temple in Jianchun Gate, and changed its name to the Buddha's Record Temple to live there.Emperor Zetian wanted to promote Xue Huaiyi to the official position, but suffered from having no name, and it happened that the Turks came to invade, so Xue Huaiyi led 10 people to the expedition as the general manager of Qingping Road.

Xue Huaiyi's soldiers had just arrived at Shanyutai, and the Turkic soldiers had already plundered on the border for a while and retreated.While Xue Huaiyi reported his achievements in repelling the enemy soldiers, he erected a stele recording his achievements on Shanyutai.When the class teacher arrived in Beijing, Emperor Zetian went ten miles away from the city to meet him personally, and then Xue Huaiyi and the emperor went back to the palace together.Immediately, the imperial decree came down, and Xue Huaiyi was added as the general of the auxiliary state, the Duke of E, the pillar of the state, and two thousand pieces of silk.

Emperor Zetian also called himself Emperor Jinlun Shengshen.In the court hall, there are seven treasures displayed, one golden wheel treasure, two white elephant treasures, three female treasures, four horse treasures, five jewels, six main soldier treasures, and seven main Tibetan minister treasures.In order to praise the merits of Emperor Zetian, Xue Huaiyi cast copper coins into a pillar and stood outside the Duanmen Gate. It was [-] feet high and [-] feet across. Zhou Wanguo praised Tianshu.For a time, all the copper and iron in the capital area were searched, and even the iron tools used by farmers for farming were taken away and melted.On the day of the completion of the pillar, Emperor Zetian came to Duanmen in person, and bestowed all the officials under the Tianshu to lead a feast of eulogy, and Wu Sansi wrote a eulogy.

Emperor Zetian ordered to build a Daming Hall in the palace, and Xue Huaiyi supervised the work.Xue Huaiyi fixed the terrain in the palace, demolished the Qianyuan Hall, ordered local officials to search for 16 laborers, spent 200 million taels of treasury silver, sent people to the remote mountains to cut down big trees, and thousands of people carried a big tree At that time, the tombs and fields of the common people passing by were trampled and destroyed.In order to achieve quick success, Xue Huaiyi urged and threatened workers to rush to build day and night, so every day, there were always 6 workers who were crushed to death by wood and rocks, and worked hard to death.By the time the Daming Hall was completed, [-] or [-] laborers had died.

The Daming Hall was built magnificently.The big house is divided into three floors, with a height of 290 feet and a width of three hundred feet. The lower floor is divided into four directions and four colors according to the four seasons of spring, summer, autumn and winter. The middle floor is divided into twelve rooms according to the twelve hours. The roof is built into a dome , cast bronze and carved into nine dragons, which are arranged on the roof.The upper floor is divided into 24 rooms according to the 24 solar terms, and the roof is also made into a circle. On the highest roof, there stands a ten-foot-high iron phoenix, whose body is painted with gold, called the Vientiane Shrine.The day of the completion of the palace happened to be the first month of the following year, and the Emperor Zetian came to the Vientiane Shrine in person to give a big feast.The Emperor Zetian wears the crown and wears the crown, holds the great nobles, and holds the townships, for the first offering; Ruizong is the second offering, and the crown prince is the final offering.The next day, the Heaven and Earth, the Five Emperors, and the Hundred Gods will be worshiped together, and Gaozu, Taizong, and Gaozong will be worshiped together, and the warriors of the King of Wei will be the companions.On the third day, there was a grand banquet for all the officials in the palace. Xue Huaiyi sat high on the seat, and all the officials took turns to present their titles and drink.

18. Poor Meiji is comparable to a green bead

Wu Chengsi searched for money everywhere, and built a new house that was magnificent and spacious. Wenbo carved beams, agarwood and red powder were painted on the walls. Once you enter, you will feel that the house is full of fragrance, golden light, and even the corridors are richly decorated. , Exquisite carving.Even Princess Taiping sighed at the first sight: "Look at the place where he walks and sits, my generation will die in vain."

There are many concubines in Wu Chengsi's fragrant house, Lishi Jinxiu Garden, for him to sing and dance every day.Every time Wu Chengsi held a grand banquet, he would invite Master Xue to please him. If he pleased him, he would please the emperor. If he pleased the emperor, he would enjoy the glory and even ascend the throne of the emperor one day.

The concubine Ji who is most favored by Wu Chengsi is the extraordinary and beautiful Jasper, but she hangs her pink neck all day long, her eyebrows are slightly furrowed, and she doesn't speak or smile.The more Wu Chengsi saw the frown of a beauty, the more cute he felt, the more pampered and crazy he was.Unexpectedly, when Xue Huaiyi went to the banquet in the Wufu that day, he saw her and liked her very much. He immediately asked Wu Chengsi for it unceremoniously. How could Wu Chengsi be willing to give up? Back up.After arguing for a while to no avail, Xue Huaiyi yelled loudly: "Take this baby!" More than a dozen warriors under him rushed forward, the leader gently carried Biyu on his back, turned around and left, the rest He drew out his sword and hugged him for protection, and fought and left. A feast suddenly turned into a battlefield, and the cups and plates were covered with blood, but Biyu was still carried back by Xue Huaiyi to benefit.

Poor Biyu was originally the maidservant of Qiao Zhizhi's family, the Yousi Lang. Biyu was the maidservant of Qiao Zhizhi's mother. The poems and lyrics are harmonious.The two of them carried the old lady on their backs, and they spoke endlessly of tenderness and tenderness, and their affection and love were endless.

But Biyu was not reconciled to being a concubine, and Qiao Zhizhi couldn't bear to let such a peerless beauty be included in the list, so he begged his mother to allow him to marry Biyu as his wife.But the old lady firmly insisted that using a maidservant as a wife is an insult to the lintel, and she refused to die.Seeing that he could not marry Biyu, Qiao Zhizhi would rather not marry for life and keep his life clean, so Biyu would also prefer not to marry for life and keep his life like jade.

But somehow, Biyu's good name spread to Wu Chengsi's ears, so he sent a housekeeper to Qiao Zhi's house under the pretext of teaching him how to sing and dance among the concubines in his mansion, and decided to invite Biyu to come.Qiao Zhizhi also felt that Wu Chengsi had no good intentions, but he couldn't refuse, so he ordered Biyu to rush to Chengsi's mansion.Sure enough, the night Biyu was tricked into the mansion, Wu Chengsi forcibly destroyed her jade cleanliness.

Biyu was so ashamed and humiliated that she wanted to sacrifice herself to die, but when she thought of Mr. Qiao's deep affection, she endured the humiliation and lived on, hoping that if there is mercy, there may be a day of reunion.Therefore, she was silent all day long, full of melancholy and nothing to complain about.I don't want the beauty to suffer so many evils, but she was raped by Xue Huaiyi again.

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