Chang'an City has been changing with each passing day recently, and the weather is myriad.

For the unprecedented enthusiasm of the people of Chang'an for the construction of sewers, after the first batch of cylinders and pipes were transported into the city, the sewers of the main streets of the entire Chang'an City were repaired in just a few days.

The sewers in each city have also been dug up, but the autumn wind is together, there is a harvest scene near Chang'an City, the people are busy with the autumn harvest and can't care about anything else, and the sewers in the city can only be suspended.

The people of Chang'an City love Chang'an City to the point where they can't do it again, and they feel the pride of being Chang'an.

Of course, these are the merits of Li Chengqian, and now the people of Chang'an City are mentioning Li Chengqian like mentioning immortals.

Of course, things can't be absolutely that there are people in some places who see that the golden autumn is not a bumper harvest, and the autumn wind and autumn rain are sad.

For example, a few days ago, because Gao Shilian inspected the six officials who were incompetent and lazy.

This time, the officials dismissed by Li Chengqian were different from the last time.

Most of the officials dismissed by Li Chengqian for the first time were some young children of the scholar clan who had just joined the ranks, and this time the officials who were dismissed through Gao Shilian and Xu Jingzong's inspection of the six departments were all old officials.

These officials have been officials in the imperial court for many years, although the officials are not doing very well, but one by one in Chang'an mixed up the wind and water, often with a group of fellow Chinese people poetry and wine singing harmony, at this time to leave naturally indispensable friends to see off.

Today, Princess Zhending's attached horse Cui Gongli held a banquet in Longqing Fang to see off Zheng Hao of Xingyang, who was about to leave Beijing.

Longqing Fang is in the Chunming Gate in the east of Chang'an City, because there are pond gardens and Buddhist temples in the Fang, and the house here is given to the nobles to live after the establishment of the Tang Dynasty.

Later, before ascending the throne, Li Longji and several of his brothers lived here, so in the Kaiyuan Tianbao period, Li Longji rebuilt Longqingfang into Xingqing Palace.

Now Tang Gaozu Li Yuan's Princess Mansion of the eldest princess of Zhending is here.

Cui Gongli is the concubine of Princess Jinding.

Although he has no great ability, he has three advantages, one is that he has a good background and is a descendant of the Boling Cui clan; the second is good-looking, tall and dignified; The third is to be able to drink, and the history books record that one drink at a time, just like no one else.

There are some three benefits, Cui Gongli has made a lot of friends in Chang'an City, and most of the officials who were dismissed by Li Chengqian this time are his friends, and this time they were also invited.

The banquet of the princess's mansion is set on the white marble platform in the back garden, and the banquet has not officially begun, and everyone stands on the stage to enjoy the scenery.

The tall Cui Gongli accompanied Zheng Hao to stand on the side of the stage, looking at the pool under the stage, the lotus leaves in the pond in late autumn had already withered, but no one had cleaned it up, which made people look a little slight.

Zheng Hao was in a bad mood when he was dismissed by Li Chengqian, looking at the rotten lotus leaves with yellow and green in the middle, and said with a displeased face: "The people in the princess's mansion are too unsatisfied, why haven't these lotus leaves been cleaned up at this time." ”

Cui Gongli was a friend of him, knowing that he was in a bad mood, and he also had some complaints, so he smiled bitterly and said: "Brother Zheng doesn't know, it's no wonder that the people in the house, in the early autumn of this year, Chang'an City repaired the sewers, and when it was time to tidy up this garden, the craftsmen in the princess were all sent out to dig the sewers, and in the past two years, the people of Chang'an have planted corn extensively, and now it is the autumn harvest season, and there is no one to tidy up this garden......"

"Ahh

When Zheng Hao heard this, he was dissatisfied in his heart, and finally just sighed.

These two things were orders from Li Chengqian, and now Li Chengqian is in full swing, although the two of them are very dissatisfied in their hearts, they dare not say it clearly.

As he was talking, a servant led a man in Tsing Yi over and saluted Erxing: "I've seen the horse, I've seen Mr. Hongwen." "Hongwen is Zheng Hao's word.

The two of them were busy returning the salute when they saw it, and the person who came was named Dou Lu Yan and was the nephew of Dou Lu Xianchao.

Doulu Xianchao was dismissed from his official position because of his opposition to Li Chengqian, exiled to Lingnan, and was not allowed to advance for three generations.

But the rest of the Doulu family is not affected now, and the people in Chang'an City can get by by being taken care of by some people, so they are also invited today.

Zheng Hao looked at Dou Lu Yan and asked with concern: "Su Zhuang is here, I don't know if Mr. Xianchao has a letter to send back recently?" Suzhuang is the word for Dou Lu Yan.

Dou Lu Yan heard a look on Fang's face, and said sadly: "If the uncle is too old to travel far, he is already sick on the way to Lingnan, and the last time the clan brother wrote that he was resting in Hongzhou, and there has been no news for more than a month. ”

"Ahh

The two of them both sighed and were silent.

After a while, Dou Lu Yan went to Qi Rong and asked Zheng Hao: "Mr. Hongwen left Beijing this time, I don't know if he wants to settle in Luoyang or return to the township?"

Zheng Hao didn't understand the meaning when he heard this, so he said directly: "I have been in Chang'an for several years, and now the body of the idle cloud and wild crane will naturally return to Xingyang Township." ”

Dou Lu Yan's expression changed when he heard this, as if he had something to say.

Seeing this, Cui Gongli asked, "What is the meaning of Zhuang Rong's question?"

When Dou Lu Yan heard this, he said bluntly: "A few days ago, my uncle sent a letter ordering Yan to move to Luoyang with his family, and he has been packing up recently.

Occasionally, I heard that His Majesty was in charge of the country with the crown prince, and he really wanted to set off to visit Luoyang. ”

"Your Majesty is visiting Luoyang, what is the matter?"

Cui Gongli and Zheng Hao are mixed up on weekdays, if they talk about Fenghua Xueyue, they may react quickly, and it will be much later to talk to them about serious political affairs.

Dou Lu Yan disdained them in his heart, and he needed to unite them now, so he still patiently explained: "Thinking of the previous time Your Majesty sent two large armies to conquer Goguryeo, Your Majesty's visit to Luoyang this time should be to prepare for the Eastern Expedition. ”

"I'm really going to go east!" Zheng Hao was shocked when he heard this, and his expression was even more sad.

For the Eastern Crusade, he still stayed in the understanding of the chaos in the Goguryeo world of Emperor Yang of Sui's three expeditions.

Seeing this, Doulu Yan continued: "And Yan also heard that our Royal Highness the Crown Prince is starting to arrange people to inspect other yamen of the imperial court, and will also send the Ministry of Industry Shangshu to Beijing to inspect local water conservancy projects......"

Cui Gongli and Zheng Hao are sluggish, and they know that Li Shimin and Li Chengqian are ready to stretch out their hands to the place.

If Li Chengqian, with his strong military strength now, can deter the court officials and let him be at his mercy, but when he arrives in the local sergeant clan, he will definitely fight him to the end.

The clans are actually local tyrants in the locality, and the local area is their territory and their foundation, and it is impossible to give up.

Sure enough, Zheng Hao understood Dou Lu Yan's words and immediately said with high morale: "Although Hao is not talented, he can't stand by at this time. ”

Cui Gongli also nodded solemnly.

As he was talking, the princess's family order personally led a sixteen or seventeen-year-old noble son to this side, and Cui Gongli hurriedly greeted him when he saw it.

"I've seen my aunt!" The noble son bowed to Cui Gong gently.

Cui Gongli hurriedly helped the noble son up with both hands, and said with a smile on his face: "Mingzhao, hurry up." ”

Cui Gongli helped Su Mingzhao to say loudly to everyone: "Everyone, let me introduce to you, this is Su Mingzhao, the eldest son of Princess Nanchang, he is not only the grandson of Emperor Gaozu, the nephew of His Majesty, and the cousin of the current crown princess. ”

When everyone heard this, they hurriedly waved at Su Mingzhao and said, "I've seen Su Gongzi!" ”

Su Mingzhao has a gentle personality, and when he saw everyone saluting him, he was even busy saluting everyone in return.

Su Mingzhao was the most distinguished guest invited by Cui Gongli today, and the banquet began as soon as he arrived.

During the banquet, Cui Gongli quietly told everyone the news that Dou Luyan had brought, these people were all from the scholar family, and most of them were deposed by Li Chengqian, and when they heard the news, they all said that they wanted to go to Luoyang to have a look.

At the same time, Dou Lu Yan looked at the shy and docile Su Mingzhao and these people couldn't go with them at all, although he sat on the top, except for someone who stepped forward to toast, he had been drinking with a few courtesans, and he didn't care about things here at all.

knew that Cui Gongli invited Su Mingzhao to come because he valued his identity as the cousin of the crown princess, in case Li Chengqian found out and used him as a shield.

couldn't help but glance at Cui Gongli, who had been drinking heavily on the main seat, and slowly paced towards Su Mingzhao's side.

In the next few days, the officials who were dismissed by Li Chengqian left Chang'an one after another and went to Luoyang to prepare to unite the local scholars to fight a blocking battle to block Li Shimin and his son west of Luoyang.