Chapter 38: My Own Child (Part II)

Gao Yanfu's ears moved quickly, like a frightened wild cat while sleeping. Immediately, he quickly relaxed, and continued to look at his nose and nose, and his nose and heart, making his clay sculpture and wood carving.

He can't manage too much, unless he dislikes his long life. In addition, there is not such a deep friendship between him and Zhang Qian. What's more, sending the Hundred Cavalry Division to secretly supervise the courtiers of unknown origin or special position is the vigilance that the royal family should have. Zhang Qian just took up the two items of "unknown origin" and "special location".

However, he didn't want to listen to the words of Zheng Kejun, the deputy head of the Hundred Cavalry Division, but uncontrollably drilled into his ears: "Qi Song Shengshang, Zhang Shaojian's family has not recruited an outsider so far. The Hundred Horsemen also received the instructions of the Holy Lord, and did not install any more men in his house. But recently, there was a student from Fuxue who did a listening in the Hundred Cavalry Division, and his family happened to live near Zhang Shaojian's Zhuangzi. Therefore, the last general asked him to pay more attention to the movement over there. ”

"Hmmm! Does this person have anything to do with Young Eunuch Zhang?" Li Xian's words came closely, with rare caution and vigilance.

"Nope!" Zheng Kejun's answer sounded almost immediately after Li Xian's question, and he was simply neat to the extreme, "That Zhuangzi was transferred to Zhang Shaojian by a wealthy businessman named Ren Qiong in order to thank him for saving his life. Shaojian Zhang had never appeared near Zhuangzi before. However, two years ago, he moved to the vicinity of Renjiazhuang with his parents. ”

"Hmm!" Li Xian finally confirmed that the people of the Baiqi Division were not deliberately saying good things for Zhang Qian, and nodded contentedly.

"It's miserable, the Zhang family kid will be in big trouble in the future!" Gao Yanfu's ears moved slightly, and a little sympathy for Zhang Qian suddenly surged in his heart.

The students of the Tang Dynasty Official School have always been the most loyal to the royal family. It is also a group of people who can't rub sand in their eyes. They will regard any remarks they think may be detrimental to the royal family as a malpractice. They will also regard embezzlement, bribery, lust, bullying of neighbors, and any other behavior that does not conform to the moral standards of officials as a beast.

In short, before the student in Zhangjiazhuang "listened" and grew up completely, or understood the words "no one is perfect", any "out-of-line" behavior of Zhang Qian would quickly pass through the Baiqi Division and be sent to the emperor's desk. Unless, unless Zhang Potential can make these "out-of-line" moves, he will not leave his own yard!

However, if you stand from the perspective of the Tang Dynasty, Zheng Kejun's newly developed "listening" is very qualified. If you want to eat the food of the hundred knights, your ability can be poor, but your loyalty to the royal family must be absolutely guaranteed. If you can add the quality of loyalty and jealousy to the quality of loyalty, it will be perfect!

Of course, if Zhang Qian is dedicated to the country and has high morality, being monitored by such a "listening" may not be all bad. It helped him gain the emperor's trust and appreciation faster, and even rise to prominence.

A case in point, such as today's, is a good example. Although Zhang Qian's beating of people, only a few hours later, it was "intercepted" by the new promotion of the Hundred Cavalry Division and passed to the emperor's desk. But the words that Zhang Qian said when he beat people also fell into the emperor's ears without any mistakes.

In Gao Yanfu's opinion, every sentence of those words reached the heart of Emperor Yingtian Shenlong. Therefore, it is no wonder that the cautious Ying Tianshenlong Emperor would suspect that the people of the Baiqi Division had been discovered and bribed by Zhang Qian, and he would say good things for him.

And once it was confirmed that the people of the Baiqi Division did not secretly collude with Zhang Qian. What Zhang said when he was sneaking to beat people was too much to please the Heavenly God Dragon Emperor. Even more powerful than slapping the emperor's ass in person, the effect is twice as strong.

Sure enough, before he could finish secretly boasting in his heart, "Silly boys have stupid blessings." The voice of Li Xian, the Emperor of the Heavenly Dragon Emperor, had already sounded in the imperial study again, word by word, with a fake appreciation, "Chief Manager Zheng, I promised to give the mansion of the meritorious minister of the ordnance supervisor, have you found the Hundred Cavalry Division?" ”

"If you return to the Holy Lord, a total of nine mansions have been vacated. There is a government square and a Jincheng square. Puning, Changle, Shengye and Yining Fang each have two. "Zheng Kejun, the deputy head of the Baiqi Division, is very neat in his work, and he didn't think about it, so he reported the results."

"Forget about the Zhengfang, the people who live in it are either the founding prince or the Shangshu, and Zhang Shaojian will definitely not be too comfortable if he lives in it rashly." Li Xian smiled and was very considerate of the order. Set aside the house in Jinchengfang for him. For the houses of the other four squares, each square should leave one for other meritorious officials of the ordnance superintendent. Tomorrow, you will transfer all the title deeds to the Ministry of Officials, and they will arrange them for me. You can't give too much at once, or else my reward won't be worth cherishing! ”

"Yes!" Zheng Kejun bowed and saluted, and agreed loudly.

"Recently, what is the public sentiment in Gyeonggi and Luoyang? How many people still believe in Buddhism? Li Xian thought about it and asked casually.

"Finally got to the point. Holy patience is wonderful! Gao Yanfu's ears moved in an amplitude that was almost invisible to the naked eye, and he listened intently.

"In places such as Qizuo Shengshang, Gyeonggi and Luoyang, the rain is very frequent after winter, and many houses are damaged. But fortunately, this winter was quite warm, and the windmills and machine wells given by the imperial court in time to the people greatly reduced the waterlogging in the city. Therefore, the people's sentiment is much more stable than in previous years. As for the believers in Buddhism, there has been a decrease in Chang'an City, but ...... Luoyang side" Zheng Kejun hesitated for a moment and began to carefully consider the wording.

"What's wrong with Luoyang, you just say it!" Li Xian was keenly aware of his caution, looked up and gave him an encouraging look, and commanded with a smile.

"Yes, Holy Lord!" As if he had the courage immediately, Zheng Kejun no longer hesitated, and truthfully reported the situation observed by the Baiqi Division, "Princess Changning has built a temple, and the construction has just begun, covering an area, east, west, north and south, each covering an area. On the day of the foundation laying, there were one hundred and eight monks chanting on the spot, it is said that the sky rained down, and the image of the Buddha appeared! ”

"Nonsense!" Li Xian was so angry that he frowned, and almost slapped the imperial book case directly.

It's no wonder that he was angry, in the entire Chang'an City, there were only one hundred and eight squares (later it became one hundred and nine). The planning of Luoyang City is almost exactly the same as that of Chang'an. Take out a whole four squares of land to build a temple, and the scale of the temple is probably worth a quarter of the palace!

Such a grand temple suddenly broke ground in Luoyang City, and the "senior monks" from all over the Tang Dynasty will, of course, rush over like flies that smell the smell of stinky fish. Even with the entire Luoyang City, there will be bald heads in the blink of an eye!

And this matter, if someone else did it, he, the Ying Tianshen Dragon Emperor, could still take advantage of the opportunity, and even find a mistake to wipe out those so-called high monks. And the one who led the matter was his own fourth daughter, Princess Changning. This makes it impossible for him not to cast a rat bogey!

To build a temple of the size of Fangfang, I am afraid that it will cost more than 100 million dollars. Where does this money come from? Isn't it by selling official positions? And the reason why he, the emperor, turned a blind eye to the matter of Empress Wei and several princesses joining forces to sell official titles, was to quickly establish a force to compete with the Wu family and the Li family's own clan.

The money is used to do things, to consolidate the throne. In other words, if he dies one day due to heart problems, it is used to protect Empress Wei, the prince and the princesses. Instead of letting Empress Wei and the princesses spend all the wealth they have collected on useless bald heads! (Note: Li Xian must be counted as less.) Princess Changning was later driven out of Luoyang, and just by selling the materials in the house, she sold it for 2 billion yuan, and if you convert it into millet, the purchasing power is 20 billion yuan. )

"Gao Yanfu, send someone to pass on my message to Changning, and stop work for me immediately. Otherwise, get me out of Luoyang, and go wherever you like. After suppressing the anger in his heart, Li Xian's decision finally rushed out of his mouth. Almost every word is accompanied by disappointment.

"The old slave obeys!" Gao Yanfu immediately changed from a clay sculpture to a state as agile as a goshawk. Take a few steps forward and bow down to receive the order.

"The monk who went to Young Eunuch Zhang's mansion to blackmail him today can it have something to do with Changning?" Waving his hand to signal Gao Yanfu to do something, Li Xian rubbed his temples and continued to ask with a tired face.

The fourth daughter is not worried if she is not worried, and she is already married to the Yang family anyway. In a few years, when her position is stable, she will stop the sale of the oblique sealing official, which will cut off her financial resources for messing around.

The expected response has not yet arrived. Li Xian couldn't help but open his eyes, and glared angrily at Zheng Kejun, "Say, why don't you say it, can't you even find out where a monk came from?" ”

"Enlightenment Shengshang, I found it!" Zheng Kejun didn't dare to hide it, and while raising his sleeves to wipe his sweat, he responded in a very small voice, "Then, that monk's name is Hui'an, and he is from the White Horse Zhaojue Temple next to the Kunming Pool. Princess Anle, Princess Anle, worship him as a guru. ”

"What did you say?" Li Xian stood up suddenly, and in an instant, Venus appeared in front of him.

Princess Anle is his seventh daughter! When he was born, he was in "distress". Therefore, this daughter was almost raised by his own hands, which added a lot of fun to his house arrest life.

And this daughter has also been sensible since she was a child. In order to help him win over the Wu family, he took the initiative to marry Wu Sansi's son. This year, Wu Sansi, along with his son, was killed by the rebels. Princess Anle happened to escape a catastrophe in the palace, but after that, she didn't make any complaints, and went to the palace every once in a while to visit her parents, and entertained her relatives in colorful clothes.

He originally thought that his daughter was the same age as Zhang Qian, and Zhang Qian had no parents in the hall, so he could make a good marriage. And the princess also saw Zhang Qian, and felt that her appearance and ability were very satisfactory. Unexpectedly, that Zhang Qian was unexpectedly unlucky, and insisted on keeping his word and waiting for his junior sister to come to get together.

"Where is there no luck, it is obvious that I heard some gossip in advance!" Trying to stand firm, Li Xian did not allow himself to show any weakness. However, the heart hurts like a pinprick.

Yesterday, when Gao Yanfu secretly relayed Zhang Qian's response to him, he still laughed at Zhang Qian, who didn't know how good the opportunity he had missed. And now, he suddenly discovered that it was not Zhang Qian who missed a good opportunity, but it was very likely that this son deliberately found a beautiful excuse in order to dispel his idea of marriage!

The princess, who was widowed at home, raised a beautiful little monk as a teacher. And when the master heard that the princess's marriage was fruitless, he took the initiative to knock on the man's door and vent his anger to the princess!

It's better to collect money and build temples, so as not to ruin the reputation of the royal family!

I'm not, I'm not, I have to cut that thief with a thousand knives. Otherwise, otherwise it is not enough to vent only hatred.

"Father, who are you angry with? Come on, don't be angry, don't be angry, drink the medicine first! After drinking the medicine, let's go and beat him together. When he was gritting his teeth, his daughter's voice came from his ears again, as soft and delicate as when he was a child.