Tang Dynasty woman

Chapter 75 Three Powers Eunuchs Mistake the Country's Misfortune (2) ([-])
In the early years of Emperor Suzong, Tubo Khan Suo Xilong hunted Zan and took advantage of the chaos in the Tang Dynasty to capture the mighty Heyuan and other places, and fell into the states of Kuo, Ba, and Min.When Daizong ascended the throne, he invaded Lintao again.At that time, although Guo Ziyi tried his best to make peace with the chaos of history, he was also quite worried about the disaster of Tubo. Just the year before, he had made a memorial to persuade Daizong to guard against Tubo.But at that time, Cheng Yuanzhen monopolized power and got bribes from Tubo, Guo Ziyi's memorials were all detained by Cheng Yuanzhen.By the spring of this year, Tubo invaded again in a large scale, broke through the Great Earthquake Pass, and fell into Lanzhou, Kuozhou, Hezhou, Shanzhou, Taozhou, Minzhou, Qinzhou, Chengzhou, and Weizhou. right place.Although the emergency documents at the border were like snowflakes, they were all hidden by Cheng Yuanzhen when they were sent to the court, and the emperor was not allowed to know.At this time, Tubo Khan raised troops because of the beauty's anger. It was not until the neighboring state fell, and the governor of the neighboring state fled to the capital to report face to face, that Daizong learned the whole truth.

10. Beacon Fireworks Fireworks Falling into Water and Flowing Red
Before Guo Ziyi's rescue came, the Tubo soldiers had come across the Weishui River in mighty force, rushing to Fengtian martial arts.But Yong Wang Li Shi sent the judge Wang Yanchang Xingye to the capital to ask for help, but was stopped by Cheng Yuanzhen, who was not allowed to see him.Soon Tubo soldiers came all over the mountains and plains, and attacked directly to the capital city.The civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty fled in a hurry, and the concubines surrounded Daizong and wept bitterly. A small group of troops led by King Yong Li Shi led the escort, and Daizong led the concubines to Shanzhou.

When Guo Ziyi led the troops back, all the officials had fled and the people were displaced. He heard that the emperor was in exile, so he hurriedly followed him out of the city. Gong, followed by several officials; another float was prepared, but it was empty, with a pair of red flags in front, and more than a hundred men and women, carrying pigs, sheep and livestock, all of them had complacent expressions on their faces. come.When Guo Ziyi saw it, he knew that he was going to surrender to Tubo, so he leaped forward with his sword and leaped forward, blocked the way, and asked loudly, "Where are you going?"

When Wang Xianzhong saw that it was Guo Ziyi, he was a little timid at first, and hurriedly got off his horse and bowed and said, "Now the lord has moved to the east, and the country has no lord. As a marshal, why not abolish the monarch and establish the monarch, so as to disappoint the people's reputation?" Wang Xianzhong said Before he finished speaking, Feng Wang Li Gong also stepped forward and said: "Marshal is an important minister of the country. Today's affairs can be decided with just a word from the Lord. Why don't you say anything?"

Guo Ziyi glared angrily, and said loudly: "Friends, you can't take advantage of others' danger. Besides, His Highness and the Holy Majesty are relatives of uncle and nephew, how can you kill each other? What happened today, the lower officials only know that there is the Son of Heaven, but not others!" A few words made everyone panic , Everyone is ashamed.Guo Ziyi yelled at Wang Xianzhong again, "Today's plan to sacrifice the city and surrender the captives must be yours! Don't you fear the law of the country?"

Wang Xianzhong was so frightened that he knelt down and kowtowed that he would listen to the command of the Generalissimo. The others also listened to Guo Ziyi in silence, followed him out of the capital, and went eastward, recruiting scattered soldiers along the way, and headed for Shanzhou Protect Daizong.

At this time, the capital had become an empty city. Tubo Khan entered the capital. Seeing the majestic palace, he dared not enter directly. It was Tang Jiang general Gao Hui who led the way first.At this time, almost all the concubines of the six palaces had fled, and only the old and ugly maids left behind were seen by the Tubo people, and they were regarded as heavenly beauties, and they all snatched them up.

Tubo Khan searched for Princess Ningguo as soon as he entered the palace, but unexpectedly Princess Ningguo saw that the city wall was broken and the empress was gone, lamented her fate, and she drowned in the pool of Taiye with tears in her eyes.Tubo Khan was completely disappointed, so he ordered his general Ma Chongying and others to burn, plunder, rape and kill in the capital area. The beautiful and beautiful Chang'an City was empty in a blink of an eye, ghosts cried at night, and the grievances rushed to Xiaohan.

Then Tubo Khan, in order to convince the crowd, searched out a Tang family clan relative, Guangwu King Li Chenghong from the people, supported him as emperor, and appointed Yu Ke, a former Hanlin scholar, as his prime minister. It is said that Miao Jinqing was a descendant of the Tang Dynasty A virtuous minister dragged him out of the house and worshiped him as the grand master. The cowardly and upright Miao Jinqing stood in the court hall and kept silent all day long.But Tubo Khan sits at the head of the palace and shouts at all officials. There is a group of shameless officials who are greedy for salary and position, and let this foreign fake king dominate.

11. Guo Ziyi's Great Justice Helps the Clan
At this time, Emperor Shizong repeatedly issued edicts to conscript all Taoist soldiers, but none of them responded. Guo Ziyi had very few soldiers. Guo Ziyi wept bitterly and swore to his master. All the generals and officers were moved to tears and vowed to obey the order.Daizong, who frightened the Tubo soldiers and horses, wanted to keep Guo Ziyi to escort him. Guo Ziyi cried bitterly again, saying that the minister would not be able to deal with the late emperor if he did not recover the capital, and promised that Tubo would not dare to come east, so Daizong allowed Guo Ziyi to pacify the captives.After several bloody battles, the defeated Tubo Khan led all the Tubo soldiers to retreat northward.Daizong returned to Luan immediately after receiving the good news. First, he sent an order to Li Gong, the king of Feng, to commit suicide. Then he found the body of Princess Ningguo and buried it in Fengfeng.

At this time, Dr. Liu Kang of Taichang played the impeachment of Cheng Yuanzhen. His watch said:

The dog soldiers invaded Guandulong and entered the capital without bloodshed; the palaces were robbed and the tombs were burned, and the warriors had no strength to fight, this general betrayed His Majesty.Your Majesty's meritorious deeds, entrusting the close to study, and the sun and the moon are long, will cause great disasters; all the ministers are in the court, and none of them violates Yan Hui's concerns.When His Majesty first left the capital, the people seized the treasury and killed each other. These three assistants rebelled against His Majesty.Since the beginning of October, all Taoist soldiers were summoned, and within [-] days, none of them entered the pass in turn, and the four directions rebelled against His Majesty.Your Majesty must want to preserve the ancestral temple, establish the state, behead Cheng Yuan and revitalize the head, and announce it to the world; he will send out internal envoys, be attached to the states, hold magical tactics and pay ministers.Then he cut his title and issued an imperial edict to take the blame.In this way, the soldiers will not come, the people will not feel it, and the world will not accept it. I am willing to close the door and chop every inch to thank Your Majesty!

It turned out that during the Tubo rebellion, Yuan Zhen, as the general of the hussars, commanded the forbidden soldiers, but because of his incompetence and ruthlessness, the Tubo soldiers entered the capital without bloodshed. The reason for the summoning was that the Jiedu envoys hated Cheng Yuanzhen's authoritarian oppression.When Cheng Yuanzhen saw that the Tang Dynasty was in jeopardy, he immediately informed Tubo on the condition that the world would be divided equally in the future, so Tubo would establish another emperor. He didn't want to be killed by Guo Ziyi and kept the Tang family.When the emperor returned to Luan, Cheng Yuanzhen pretended to be a normal person on the surface and drove back to the court, but in his heart he hated Guo Ziyi to the bone.The world has always wanted people to not know, unless it is already done, so there is such a painful memorial.Daizong couldn't bear to take Cheng Yuanzhen's life, but took away the official rank and put him back in the field.But Cheng Yuanzhen didn't appreciate it. Instead, he said that the emperor didn't miss his old achievements in supporting him to the throne and his old love for accompanying him over the years.When Daizong heard about it, he was exiled.When Cheng Yuanzhen traveled to Jiangling, he fell ill and died.

12. Mourning

Daizong, who had recovered peace and peace, was actually very hardworking. On the third day of his return to the court, he gave Guo Ziyi a banquet in Liangyi Hall, accompanied by all civil and military officials; He was a very loyal minister of the Tang Dynasty.Moreover, Daizong also misses the old love very much. When he ran away in a crisis, he did not forget to take Miss Chunying to Shanzhou to avoid chaos, instead of leaving Concubine Mei in the cold palace like Xuanzong did.Now that Li Fuguo has been removed, Daizong decreed that Miss Chunying, the noble concubine of Dugu family, be appointed as the queen of the palace, and Li Shi, the king of Yong, was appointed the crown prince.

The emperor and the empress were inseparable all day long and loved each other. It was difficult for the concubines of the six palaces to see the emperor, let alone expect luck.In order to make Empress Chunying happy, Emperor Daizong asked his concubines to drink and sing along with them, so these neglected concubines immediately dressed up in fancy dress, dancing and singing in front of Long Live and the Empress.Pity them for their devotion to their charm, and they are full of longing for long live love and blessings. Who knows that as soon as the palace lights are bright, the emperor and the empress will join hands and go back to the palace to have a good time with men and women.Lost Liugong Fendai, still the cold moon is desolate, the lights are dim, and I can only sleep in a lonely bed with tears in my eyes.

Empress Dugu carried a qin with her, and every time she played it, there seemed to be ghosts and gods singing in the air.Emperor Daizong was very interested in the magic of this qin. Empress Dugu told him that this qin was called the nephrite qin, and it was presented to the Miluo Kingdom in the East China Sea. At the same time, there was a nephrite whip as a tribute. Even if the beautiful jade from Lantian is also incomparable, and it is curled up end to end, so it is called nephrite whip; when stretched out, it is as straight as a stick, even if it is locked with an axe, it cannot be damaged.

The body of the nephrite qin is made of ordinary paulownia wood, which is not rare at all. What makes it unusual is that the strings are made of silk spun by jasper silkworms.There is a kind of mulberry tree in the country of Miluo in the East China Sea. The branches are twisted and cover the ground.There are silkworms on the tree, four inches long, golden all over the body, and the silk is emerald green, so it is also called golden silk.A foot-long silk can be stretched to a foot long and twisted into a string. It is transparent inside and out, and it cannot be broken even if you pull it with all your strength.If it is made into a crossbow string, the arrow can reach a distance of [-] steps by virtue of its force; if it is made into a bow string, the arrow can also be sent [-] steps away.

Li Fuguo, who often embezzled foreign tributes, naturally kept these two treasures in his treasury. Miss Chunying loved this Qin very much, so naturally Li Fuguo was willing to give it to her.After Daizong heard what Empress Chunying said, he searched all over the palace for this nephrite whip, and finally found a treasure box inside the wall of Xingqing Palace, in which was hidden a jade whip with a handle Inscribed with the words "nephrite whip", so far, Empress Dugu's nephrite qin is neither alone nor lonely, and the nephrite whip is a pair with it.Since ancient times, wealth has come and gone like flowing water. Li Fuguo worked so hard during his lifetime that he even risked his life to swallow more than a thousand treasures from foreign tributes that were swallowed up in the mansion. Unexpectedly, when Li Fuguo died, all his rare treasures would be confiscated. All of them were not included in Ouchi's treasury.Now Emperor Daizong selected from among the treasures of Li Fuguo, Empress Dugu's favorite, and moved them together to display in Empress Chunying's bedroom, for the emperor and empress to play with each other sooner or later.

Empress Dugu didn't know how to ride a horse. Every day when Daizong returned to the palace early in the morning, he personally took a pony with a green mane and helped Empress Chunying onto the carved saddle. She learned how to ride a horse in the four corridors of Xingqing Palace.The two people laugh and talk to each other to express their tenderness, and there is a lot of fun between the fragrant curtains and curtains in the court courtyard.Daizong only cares about being intimate with Empress Chunying every day, and entrusts all major state affairs to Prime Minister Yuanzai.

Before Empress Dugu entered the palace, she gave birth to a prince in private with Emperor Daizong, who was named Hui, and now he is named King Han. After entering the palace, Empress Dugu gave birth to another princess Huayang who was as beautiful as her. Mother and daughter are often held in their arms, teasing and joking with her very much.

Empress Dugu has been favored and loved so much, but she has never changed her virtuous nature, nor has she seized power like Wu Zetian, Wei Empress or Zhang Empress. He has repeatedly avoided it on the grounds that "women are short-sighted and improperly involved in state affairs".In order to win Empress Dugu's favor, Emperor Daizong bestowed titles on their sons and nephews.Empress Dugu was by no means Concubine Yang Gui. She tried her best to stop her and said: "My concubine's father, Yuan Jin, was in the same party as Li Fuguo. He was originally guilty of the country, and he was able to escape from killing. It is a blessing. How can the sinner regain his fame?" Daizong saw Queen Dugu Being so humble and virtuous adds another word to her joy.

In June of this year, Queen Dugu celebrated her 40th birthday.Dai Zong ordered to put up lanterns all over the imperial garden, ordering the wives and wives of all the courtiers to enter the palace to accompany Queen Dugu on the banquet.At night, the lights are in full bloom, as dense as stars, and the city is full of singing and dancing.

There is a bright moon in the sky, and the world is full of singing and dancing. Daizong looked at his beloved queen before the flowers under the moon, and he felt more and more beautiful like a fairy. Seeing that there was no one around, the two talked about their affair in the East Palace under the moon. The amorous emperor followed the queen's skirts all day long, talked and laughed, and was not satisfied with blind dates. At this time, he couldn't help making out with her by the white stone railing, and he didn't return to the palace until late at night.The next day, the ministers came up with a form, please give Empress Dugu a title; Daizong immediately agreed to play, and decreed to respect Empress Dugu as Empress Zhenyi.Empress Dugu didn't give in this time, and she was also very happy in her heart.

Unexpectedly, on the third day, Empress Zhenyi fell ill in bed.It turned out that when the two of them were in love that night, they were just obsessed with the eyes, and they didn't care about the wind and moon, the cool dew and the dew. Empress Zhenyi's delicate and timid body couldn't bear the wind and dew bullying.

Emperor Daizong stayed with Empress Zhenyi's sick bed all day long, talking softly and tenderly, and even made soup and medicine himself, abolishing the sitting court.Unexpectedly, Queen Zhenyi passed away after being ill for 24 days.How could Daizong, who had been in love with Empress Zhenyi for more than ten years, endure such a cruel reality? He hugged Empress Dugu's body and cried loudly, surrounded by concubines in the palace. Lonely, weeping endlessly, crying from morning to night, from night to dawn, so that he was in a trance, crazy, holding the corpse of Empress Zhenyi all day long and refused to let go.It took three days until Emperor Daizong agreed to take Empress Zhenyi's body away after a group of elders, ministers and concubines pleaded repeatedly.

Empress Zhenyi's coffin was parked in the inner hall, and Daizong lay beside the coffin, refusing to leave day and night, even eating in front of the coffin.Every day, if it didn't take a while, he would pat the coffin and cry a lot.When the famous flowers in the imperial garden bloomed, Daizong would personally pick a branch and put it in front of Empress Zhenyi's spiritual throne; in case of heavy thunder and rain, Daizong would go to Empress Zhenyi's coffin to comfort her softly.

The emperor was like this, so all the concubines went to stay in the inner hall, accompanied by Long Live, and showed their courtesy in every possible way. However, although Empress Zhenyi was dead, Daizong still focused on her, and still regarded the six palaces as if they were dung.

In this way, the Long Live Lord was haggard and in a trance, and he was about to become seriously ill. The civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty were very worried, and they gathered in the court room every day to discuss ways to persuade Long Live.After being repeatedly persuaded by the officials, he was moved by the idea that "the emperor should embody the weight entrusted by his ancestors, and comfort the virtuous with the heart of Jiuquan", and agreed to bury Empress Zhenyi, but he had to be buried in the inner garden of the palace. The minister tried hard to persuade and remonstrate before issuing an edict to be buried in Zhuangling.

The guard of honor for the funeral was naturally very grand and grand. The officials of the Manchu Dynasty all went to the funeral on foot, and Emperor Daizong followed closely behind the hearse, crying uncontrollably.After the burial of Empress Zhenyi Dugu Chunying, Emperor Daizong mourned alone.

13. The poor Zhenzhen
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