On the afternoon of the third day when King Yong arrived at Taolinyi, the procession of the imperial court escorting his family arrived in front of Tongguan Pass.

Li Tong was waiting in front of the pass, and when he saw that there were many apprentices in this team and the armor was bright, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but sneer.

The main intention of the imperial court to escort such an elite army is naturally not to really worry about the safety of King Yong's family, it is nothing more than to let the people of Shaanxi take a look, and the forbidden army of the imperial court is not paper-bound.

Excluding the Yongwang family and the people sent by Tongguan to greet the disciples before, the forbidden army sent by the imperial court envoy alone has more than 2,000 people. The first to arrive in front of Tongguan Pass was Cheng Zheng, the general of Zuo Qianniu on the front road.

Cheng Zheng is in his thirties, very heroic, and before the pass, he dismounted and walked into the front, and said with a crossed hand: "The last general will be ordered by the emperor to escort His Royal Highness to Beijing, and the itinerary is half, although there is no disturbance of bee thieves, it is inevitable that the boat and car will be tired, and the place of negligence, please forgive Your Highness!" ”

Li Tong stepped forward slowly, bowed his head to Cheng Zheng slightly, and said with a smile: "The head of the Dong'a Gongzong family, a famous minister of the dynasty. The family went in and out of the court for a private matter, and they actually disturbed the protection of Dong Ah Gong, and Xiao Wang received this benefit, and he was sincerely afraid and clumsy to express his gratitude. A light table will be prepared, and you are cordially invited to take a seat. ”

The so-called simple seat, that is really not modest, just set up a tent on the high slope outside Tongguan Pass to keep out the dust, not far away is the sound of the river rushing, even a little picnic atmosphere is not enough.

There are thousands of people in the whole team, and there are a large number of cars and battles, and it takes a long time to queue up to enter the customs. Li Tong first entered the account with Cheng Zheng and exchanged gossip for a while.

Although they are not familiar with each other, they are not without common topics, and Zuo Qianniu Wei, who Cheng Zheng is working on, is the old office of King Yong. Speaking of today, many of Zuo Qianniuwei's rules and regulations still follow the old law of King Yong, and Cheng Zheng can't help but praise King Yong's army.

Li Tong is not very interested in Cheng Zheng, he is still interested in his grandfather Cheng Biting Jin, and he was not able to pass on the two two-skin faces in front of Cheng Biting Jin during the Zhenguan period, and he was more or less regretful in his heart.

As for Cheng Zheng himself, although his attitude is kind, Li Tong knows that he is not the same, and he will not be able to go together after all.

Cheng Zheng was in the countryside before, but this time he was able to return to the dynasty to serve, and he started as a general of the Sixteen Guards, in addition to being born in a famous family and relatives of the emperor? still took advantage of Pei Yan's rehabilitation.

Although his family has nothing to do with Pei Yan? But Pei Yan's rehabilitation inevitably involved the rebellion of Xu Jingye, who had a deep relationship with him. Although Xu Jingye is still ironclad and can't turn the case? But for some of the families affected, there will be a turnaround.

Lu Guogong Cheng Zhijie and British Gong Li Tao both belonged to Shandong Jiangmen, and although their descendants were not directly involved in the turmoil, they were more or less politically excluded. This time, Pei Yan's rehabilitation efforts were not small, and some people who were affected in the periphery also took advantage of this influence to return to the current situation.

Pei Yan can be said to be the most complex political figure in the early Tang Dynasty, and his evaluation of his merits and demerits has a profound impact. Taking the opportunity of rehabilitating Pei Yan, people and ghosts emerged in the flow of time.

is reasonable, of course, Li Tong does not agree with rehabilitating Pei Yan.

But he also understands that once his attitude is too clear, even if he is in Xijing? You must also immediately get involved in the whirlpool of political struggles in the Shendu. Although it can be used to recruit a group of Wu Zhou courtiers, it has given up its calm status of allowing advance and retreat.

This is a sinkhole, even if the king is in it, he will be played with if he is not careful. Although Li Tong's power is growing now? But it is also necessary to guard against whether it will be used as a gun by any political force.

Especially now that he has the Shaanxi Dao people? As two strong enemies, if you can't achieve a quick victory? Quickly eradicating all dissidents and rashly swinging the DPRK may make his previous efforts in the construction of border affairs undone.

His fourth uncle can let go of his recklessness all the way, but Li Tong can't. Especially when the situation is already like this, he needs to be even more cautious. Who is an enemy and who is a friend, it is too early to say, rashly distinguishing oneself, and it is self-locking oneself.

Although Xingtai is currently victorious in force, it has not yet reached the level of sweeping everything, unless you open the technology tree overnight, and the dynamite bag has to be carried by your wife and brother, you don't know where it will be thrown.

In the tent, Li Tong and Cheng Zheng chatted for half an hour, and soon Li Shouli, the king of Lu, was led in again, Li Tong got up and nodded to the second brother, and then returned to the front of the pass together.

At this time, the car that the family was riding had stopped in front of the pass, and Li Tong did not rush forward to meet his wives, but just ordered the guards of Tongguan to introduce the car into the pass for resettlement.

After the family members and the car loaded with furniture entered the customs, there was a big car in front of the Tongguan Pass that did not move, and the front of the car was displayed with a green flag, which was different from the rest. can have such treatment, naturally it can only be after the two kings, Jieguo Gongyu Wen Tingli.

At this time, King Yong, King Lu and the officials of the Taiwan Standing in front of the gate, and the forbidden soldiers and envoys of the imperial court gathered around the Jieguo bus, King Yong did not make people come forward to ask, and the Duke of Jieguo did not get out of the car to meet, the atmosphere was a little embarrassing for a while, and revealed a sense of slaughter.

"His Royal Highness King Yuyong, the Duke of Jieguo is traveling this time, and he is living in the car......"

After a long time, Zuo Wei Zhonglang moved Yang Zhiqing forward and spoke.

"So what?"

After Li Tong heard this, he asked indifferently.

Yang Zhiqing naturally felt that King Yong was in a bad mood, and after hearing this, he just smiled awkwardly, and didn't dare to continue.

Seeing this, Cheng Zheng also stepped forward, probably thinking that the atmosphere of the conversation with King Yong just now was not bad, so he stepped forward and said with a smile: "Jieguo Gongya is a state guest, respected in the front of the prince, and before entering the customs, he should be greeted with courtesy." ”

"Who taught this strange word!"

Li Tong was still smiling lightly just now, but after hearing this, his face suddenly sank, and he suddenly said angrily: "If the imperial court really treats each other as a state guest and honors the capital, I will go in and out to welcome the prince of the country!" But what kind of chaotic ministers, into this demon, actually made the Duke of Jieguo go against the road and make him tired! Xingtai Jiali is prosperous, and Kuang Zheng is treated, but there is a word to reprimand me for being rude, I will lead the armor into the capital and behead this chaotic minister! Otherwise, Cheng En Shujia Zhen Guozhong, the Duke of Jieguo will see that I don't worship, what can I trust! ”

"Please get off the car!"

Hearing the rebuke of His Royal Highness King Yong, the soldiers of Tongguan suddenly beat their armor and roared angrily, and the sound shook the wilderness for a while, and even the sound of the waves of the river was suppressed.

When the soldiers of the imperial court heard this shout, they were also shocked for a while, and the ordinary soldiers still did not know why, but they were shocked, but the two generals of the Southern Ya and the envoys in front of the Jieguo bus were shocked, and they secretly shouted in their hearts.

The two kings of the dynasty, Zhou Jiegong and Sui Yugong, these two have transcendent status, are state guests and friends, and do not enter the courtier class. During the Zhenguan period of Taizong, he sent cherries to the Duke of Xu, and the words were honored by the Duke of Xu, and the words were given by the Duke of Xu, and finally he listened to Yu Shinan's advice. From this point, it can be seen that the status of the two kings is transcendent.

Therefore, according to the normal etiquette system, King Yong sees Jiegong to pay respect, of course, the premise is that Jiegong is after the two kings.

However, during the Yongchang period, the two kings and three kes respected by the Tang family changed, with Zhou and Han as the two kings, and Shun, Yu and Tang as the three ke. Among them, Zhou is not the Duke of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, but the first Zhou Ji family.

This time, although the establishment of two kings and three kes was one of the preparations that Wu Zetian made for himself to perform on behalf of the Tang Dynasty, it was decided in the name of the Tang Dynasty after all.

Although the national industry is now under the Tang Dynasty, this former system has not been expressly changed. After all, Li Dan himself has not returned to Guanzhong to worship the ancestral tomb, let alone correct his name and restore his status after the second king.

Jieguogong's status is transcendent, one is the accumulation of habits since the Tang family started its business, and after Zhou Sui has been the second king since Wude, and the other is the extraordinary significance of his family to the Guanlong noble group, after all, even the family of the Eight Pillars Country has served the Yuwen family's job.

But in fact, from the perspective of formal etiquette, the status of the Duke of Jieguo is not protected by the law, and it depends on your own attitude whether you recognize it or not.

This is the reason why Li Tong is angry, the court came to the west with the Duke of Jieguo, just to force him to express his position.

If he pays tribute to Jieguo, it means that he recognizes the various ritual reforms since the imperial court revolution, including a series of hot events such as the rehabilitation of Pei Yan in the current court, and even needs to consider whether to welcome the emperor to the west to worship his ancestors.

But if he does not salute Jieguo, it will be a denial of the so-called revolutionary achievements, a denial of his own merits in the revolution, and even a clear line with the Guanlong clique.

After all, although the two kings are not recognized by the Dharma now, they have long been the orthodox source of the Tang industry that the Guanlong Group believes. Anyone who doubts this can be said to be an enemy of the Guanlong group.

The two kings and the three kings are not only a matter of etiquette for the guests and friends of the country, but also directly determine how the legal unity of the dynasty comes from.

With the Zhou and Han dynasties as the two kings, abandoning the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, this orthodox pursuit did not originate from Wu Zetian, as early as the Sui Dynasty, there were Kwantung people represented by the great Confucian Wang Tong who advocated this proposal. The reason why Wang Bo, the fourth son of the early Tang Dynasty, was so unlucky was that he did not take the initiative to join this discussion, adhering to his grandfather's ideas.

Even Li Tong's deceased father, Li Xian, can be said to be a victim of this dispute to some extent.

Gaozong Li Zhi made many attempts to get rid of the Guanlongmen valve, and it was also fruitful, but he still had reservations and was not resolute enough on the issue of changing the two kings and three kes. Li Xian, as his crown prince, acted as a pawn for a certain amount of stone-throwing and asking for directions. Not to mention the rationing of the members of the house, just the chapter Huai note with academic value that he cultivated can be said to be a continuation of the Southern Dynasty.

At this point, maybe Li Xian explored too far and did even more than Gaozong imagined, so Gaozong was secretly jealous. This may not be the main reason for Li Xian's depose, but at least there are certain factors in it.

Although Li Tong often said that he did not accept too much of his Lao Tzu's legacy, after his accession to the WTO, the people in Jiangnan were extremely enthusiastic about him, and in addition to the current situation, there was also a certain amount of such origin.

After clearing this line, we will understand the sinister intentions of the imperial court to send the prince of Jieguo to the west. Li Tong naturally did not accept this invitation, the reason why he came to Tongguan was not to welcome Jieguo Gong, but to block his people east of Tongguan.

You said that he was a state guest, but you called him as a dog, and let Lao Tzu salute, what kind of truth is this!

If you really want to raise this kind of hard bar and engage in ideological struggle, Lao Tzu will kill Luoyang now, believe it or not!