0077 The first year of Yongchang
For this fourth uncle Li Dan, Li Tong's state of mind is really not bright, because not long ago, he was still carefully analyzing the feasibility of framing the fourth uncle to die.
This is not a villain's heart, if you really have to be normal, he actually doesn't have much bad feelings towards these relatives, such as his uncle Li Dan, his aunt Princess Taiping, and even Wu Zetian.
The daily complaining in my heart is a way to relieve stress. But if you evaluate it by raising your own posture, it should be said that these people are prisoners and slaves of power, they are at the highest level of the empire, and they are the masters of the world, but the happiness that power brings to them is really minimal.
There is a joke that you can't imagine the happiness of rich people. Being in such a time and space, being in such a family, relatives deceive each other, love and kill each other, this is probably also a pleasure that ordinary people can't enjoy.
The open-mindedness of a person is generally related to the situation. Li Tong didn't dare to boast of being an open-minded person, but if he hadn't been forced to be in a hurry, he wouldn't have taken the initiative to plot to harm others.
The world is so vast that I can't come out alone. In such a situation, there are still people who can maintain their own positive and stable state of mind, Li Tong can only express his admiration and respect, but I can't do it. Looking directly at and accepting one's own shortcomings, this is not shameless, but it is difficult for sages to chase.
Emperor Li Dan's situation will only be more sinister and cramped than Li Tong, and he will be involved in a series of activities that subvert his Tang Dynasty at the beginning and end of the year, and the inner depression can be imagined.
But in such a situation, he still remembered sending someone to visit his deceased brother's family. Li Tong also had to sigh that this fourth uncle was really a well-cultivated person, he asked himself if he couldn't do it, even if he wanted to, he might not be in the mood to take care of it, this is the embodiment of the gap between people.
He took a step forward and bowed to the Taoist scroll given by the Zhongguan, and there was no lack of sincerity: "Please ask the envoy to play everyone, the court of righteousness is inferior, sick and thin, and everyone is tired, and the crime is rewarded, I dare not be ashamed, I dare not resign, I dare not obey this kindness, and pray for everyone to praise virtue, may I live a long life, the body of pine and cypress, the wintering will not wither, the quality of orchid, and the evil dust will not be stained." ”
This is also true, but if it is really unavoidable, he really can't guarantee that he will not do an evil dust and give his fourth uncle a blow to the cold winter blizzard. In fact, the history books record that the cool official's methods are terrifying to look at, and he really can't be sure if he has the tenacious will to survive the torture.
So I can only hope that everyone is well, hello and me, laughing at the old age of the housekeeper and returning to death.
The envoy stayed in the courtyard for half an hour, asking all the people in the courtyard, especially the envoy who wrote down his appeal, and said that it was for everyone. But except for the little sister Li Youniang, who was full of interest and wanted some novel gifts, the others also had no specific requirements.
Of course, there are appeals, such as getting rid of Qiu Shenxian, and it's useless to say the key.
For this gentle and courteous little uncle, Concubine Fang still has a very good impression, and even prepared a gift a few days ago, and asked the Chinese envoy to donate it at this time. In comparison, for another brother-in-law, Li Xian, Fang's doesn't seem to be very open, and occasionally the atrium gossip is mentioned, and they all quickly change the topic, and they don't want to talk about it more.
There is another small detail here, that is, Li Tong listened to his eldest brother Li Guangshun talk about it, that is, when the family was expelled to Bazhou, Li Xian wrote to ask for food and clothing for the family of the abolished prince, according to Li Guangshun, their father Li Xianzhi was so sad and angry that tears flowed after that, and he just said that he didn't want to see him return alive.
Li Tong can understand this, because their grandfather Li Zhi also did this, that is, when Li Tai, the king of Wei, was exiled, and later Li Tai died in his prime, and he did not return to the center of power until his death.
Their third uncle was probably also complacent at that time, taking my father Li Zhi as an example, but he didn't expect that one day he would be reduced to the misery of naming his daughter "Li Bao'er", and even the original place of exile was Junzhou, where Li Tai stayed.
Skipping this section, Renzhiyuan also has some other interpersonal movements, such as Fengge Zhuan Si Gongtai sent some new pen and ink stationery and literary books, and even the direct case Wang He Wang also personally wrote a congratulatory message, generally speaking, Li Guangshun, the king of Le'an, was diligent in his studies and had made great progress.
Li Tong was happy to see this letter, Ouyang Tong's trouble made these Feng Pavilion officials give them some small attention to the three kings, and when the year was approaching, he remembered to issue a certificate of merit to let his parents have a good time. Of course, he and Li Shouli didn't have this treatment, but they also hid their bad deeds of skipping school.
Fang's mood was even happier when he read this letter, but when he saw that there was no young son involved in the letter, he couldn't help but be angry. After all, in her opinion, this little son is the most promising, and he studied hard and fainted and was sent home, can it be ordinary hardship? A little chatter made Li Tong sweat profusely.
In addition, the palace officials and the six chief palace officials also visited the last few days of the year.
When the Dianzhi Xu family, who turned into a lamp, came, he simply passed on some recently collected information, one of which was related to Qiu Shenxian, which was that Zhou Xing, the official of Qiu, framed Li Ai, the king of Fanyang, and plotted his private residence to transfer it to Qiu Shenxian's son.
When Li Tong heard the news, he couldn't help but sigh, and he only felt that their Li Family Sect King was really worthless. This Li Ai is the son of Li Lingkui, the king of Lu, who survived the first wave of purges by selling relatives, but still failed to survive the next wave.
In addition, there is another more related case, which is that Ouyang Tong, the eunuch of the palace, is the history of the Wanzhou assassination, which is from the central purple-robed boss to Chongqing, which is undoubtedly degraded.
Li Tong wasn't sure how much this appointment had to do with him, whether it was Wu Zetian or someone else's meaning. Thinking about Ouyang Tong being released so far at such an age, hard work is inevitable.
But at this moment, even if he wants to help, he can't help, he can only comfort himself, this old gentleman can leave the center for a while, and he will not live long if he really stays in the center. I hope that he can survive the hard work of derogation, and that he will have a day to meet in the future, ask him for advice and Taoism, and at least have the opportunity to tell the other party in person that he is grateful to him for the fight he has made for his family.
The years are full of trivialities, and the time will soon come to Chinese New Year's Eve. On this night, Renzhiyuan also changed the habit of going out to sleep at sunset, the lanterns were hung in the corridor, the giant candles in the hall were burning, and a group of family members gathered in the middle hall of the concubine Fang's residence, saying some ingenious auspicious words, all of them were full of joy.
Rao is Zhang Liangyuan, who has never been very close to his family, and at this moment, he occasionally smiled lightly at the banquet, sometimes recalling the cold in his early years, and his eyes were red with the concubine and Zheng Jin, and he was embarrassed, but when it came to the future, there was a lot of brilliance between his eyebrows and eyes.
During the New Year's holidays, children are the happiest. After nightfall, the entire Renzhi Courtyard reverberated with the cheerful laughter of the little sister Li Youniang. This little lady was miserable when she was young, and this New Year was really a new experience for her, wrapped in a new cotton coat and draped, and the balls were generally rolling under the corridor in the hall, and occasionally complained that the second brother came to play her and bully her.
Li Tong squinted, holding a small golden wire stove in his arms, snuggling around the couch like an old cadre, listening to the sighs and chatters of the elders such as the Fang family, and watching the frolicking of Li Shouli and Li Youniang, who were out of tune, and occasionally chatting with the eldest brother Li Guangshun.
For the first New Year in this world, he didn't have much feeling in his heart, and he didn't want to think much about the future at this time, but hoped that next year, the family would still be in order...... This thought is also a bit unlucky, and I sighed a few times in my heart, just looking forward to next year, today, high house, carefree.
Not only here in Renzhiyuan, but also in other places in Ouchi, even the Sentinel of the Forbidden Army of the Thousand Steps Pavilion has hung up colorful lanterns, diluting a little bit of slaughter, and there is a little playfulness in the night.
As for the newly built Ming Hall, it is even more gorgeous, and even the iron phoenix at the top is rendered with lights, as if spreading its wings and soaring in the sky, just like the majestic God Emperor, overlooking the entire God Capital, above the entire Tang Dynasty.
In the night, the melodious bell rings in Ouchi, announcing the renewal of Vientiane and the arrival of the New Year.
There were already some people in the Renzhi Temple, and they cheered up again at this time, and the concubine Fang was the leader, and the heir Li Shouli was the head in the atrium, and they made a small prayer ceremony. The three kings have not opened their mansions, and there is no independent family temple, and their deceased father Li Xian is still buried in Bazhou, gathering soil for the spirit, solemn and distant worship.
"It's a pity that Ciwutai has not been completed this year, and I hope that next year today, the soul of the former king can find a safe place."
The concubine's tone trembled, and when she talked about this, she inevitably burst into tears.
After the sacrifice was hastily hastily held, the family members dispersed, leaving only a few people in the atrium to refill the wax and oil, and the hall was bright all night.
Li Tong returned to the house and undressed and fell asleep, only to feel that he had just dozed off and was awakened in a daze. There were many noisy noises outside, and the curtains shook frequently.
"What's going on outside?"
He rubbed his eyebrows and sat up from the couch, and his own palace maid hurriedly stepped forward to put on a robe.
"On New Year's Day, the ministers from outside the world will fairly lead the ministers to enter the gate of heaven and ascend to the palace, I think it is a ...... of courtesy"
Hearing this answer, Li Tong was stunned for a moment, and felt a little pity for his fourth uncle Li Dan in his heart.
His mood has been flowing in the past six months, and his self-cultivation qi is really not enough, and he expects that if he stays in Li Dan's position, he is also sitting in the Vientiane Divine Palace at this moment, and his mentality is only afraid that he will collapse into slag. Li Dan was able to grit his teeth and survive hard, and it was a long time of one or two decades, which was really beyond the reach of ordinary people.
In the afternoon of the first day, the south of the imperial city sounded the sound of the mountain calling from the gate of heaven, which spread between the palace buildings and platforms, and it was completely impossible to tell what the content was when it reached the Renzhi Temple. But Li Tong understood that this was Wu Zetian's arrival at Zetianmen and announced the change of Yuan Yongchang.
Starting today, it is the first year of Yongchang, but this Yongchang year has not even passed for a year, and the end of the year is November, and the beginning of the yuan is changed again.
There are frequent major events outside the Renzhi Hospital, and the hospital has also been trivial for many years, and the situation of a few days has passed in the blink of an eye, and the first month of the month has come as scheduled.