In the dynastic era, especially during the reign of Wu Zetian, there was no notion that the family was guilty.

Therefore, Wang Bo, one of the four heroes of the early Tang Dynasty, committed a crime, and his father, who was an official in a foreign country, had to be convicted and was relegated to Jiaozhi by the imperial court, that is, the barren land of Vietnam in later generations; And Shangguan Yi committed a crime, and his son Shangguan Zhi had to die with him.

Cui Baiyi's incident yesterday was too big, and according to the method of sitting together, it can be said that Cui Baiyi's father, son, and brothers have been wiped out in one fell swoop.

At this time, Cui Yin's return to his hometown was really to retreat and advance, and to keep the four children and grandchildren at the cost of his withdrawal from the court.

With his more than 40 years of qualifications as a eunuch and his high position at this time, once he makes this move, he will still be able to carry Cui Baiyi's matter.

Since he has paid such a price, if Wu Zetian is exhausted again because of Cui Baiyi's matter, it will inevitably make the courtiers cold and cold, which is really not worth it.

In the final analysis, Cui Yin's farewell to the old man is actually making a tacit transaction.

He used the political life of his servant in the Ministry of Rites to build a firewall to protect his son and the remaining grandsons, and to prevent the fire caused by Cui Baiyi from continuing to burn to the entire Qinghe Cui clan.

As for the visit just now, it was just that he wanted to make a perfect ending at the last moment.

After hearing and thinking about it, Li Xingzhou couldn't help but praise, "Good calculation, good decisiveness, good Cui Yin"

"Only after going to Hedong and joining the court will you really understand how huge the Cui family's latent power between the government and the opposition is. Inherited for 600 years, the name of the first family is not called in vain! Walking a Cui Yin is not enough to shake its foundation."

Speaking of this, Persimmon stopped, "Brother Yu has really offended these people deeply, I got news from home, it won't be long before they will fight back, you have to be careful." ”

Hearing this, Li Xingzhou also stopped his steps, and only smiled lightly after muttering for a long time, but he didn't say anything about this topic.

He thought for a moment and said, "That's one word,!" ”

On the fifth day of the day, after three resignations, the edict allowing Cui Yin to return to his hometown was officially issued. Subsequently, the matter of Cui Baiyi's rebellion that day was completely stopped.

In the blink of an eye, another three days passed, and the time for the Spring Summer Palace to give banquets to new jinshi had arrived.

The Tang people are open-minded and enthusiastic, which is reflected in the overall aesthetics, that is, from the dignitaries to the ordinary people, they like all things that are unrestrained, warm and bright.

In this case, the flowers bloomed gracefully, and the colorful peony became a well-deserved national flower of the Tang Dynasty.

On the contrary, the chrysanthemums, plums and other flowers that later generations liked were not favored by the Tang people.

Luoyang, the capital of the gods, is the same as Chang'an, and peonies are planted all over the city and outside the city.

Moreover, because the Holy Queen can be called an infatuated love for peonies, since Luoyang, the capital of Wuzhou and Zhou, the area of peony planting inside and outside Luoyang City has increased exponentially.

Spring is in late April, which is the time when peonies are in full bloom.

The entire Luoyang City has become a sea of flowers. Countless peonies compete to open and compete for beauty. It attracted countless people to enjoy and play.

Only the peony is true to the national color, and the flowers move the capital when they bloom!

In addition to loving peonies, the Tang people still have the custom of loving to go green, in the late spring, fine weather, no matter what, they do not want to nest at home anymore, it is necessary to help the old and the young to enjoy the famous flowers, and swim in the spring.

Therefore, on the day of the banquet of the Jinshi in the Spring Summer Palace, the whole god is really like a car like a flowing water and a horse like a dragon, and the flower moon is in the spring breeze.

Li Xingzhou walked out of the rental office wearing a light green Confucian costume and walked into this sea of flowers and people.

Later, he spent nearly three times more than usual to hire a carriage and headed for the Spring Summer Palace.

The car walked very slowly along the way, not because the horses pulling the cart were too old, but because there were too many people going to the Spring Summer Palace to enjoy the flowers and watch the excitement.

In the Tang Dynasty, the release of each new scholar list can be described as a collective carnival in the capital, and both high-ranking officials and nobles and ordinary people like to go to see the excitement. 、

Nowadays, such a lively situation is perfectly in line with the peony blossoms and going out of the city, and its grand occasion can be imagined.

Outside the Chunmingyuan, Li Xingzhou found the side door according to the matters notified by the officials of the Gongyuan yesterday, and after reporting his name and checking his name, he was led by a forbidden army to go around for a while before he came to a large hall surrounded by water on three sides.

The construction of this Chunmingyuan is quite a reference to the meaning of Chang'an Furong Garden, the scale is very large, and the whole park stretches for nearly ten miles along the Luoshui side.

A huge artificial lake has also been dug into the core of the park with the most beautiful scenery, and then water has been diverted into it. On the shore of the lake, there is a majestic palace that is half of the body into the lake, which can be called half water and half land.

The construction of this hall is a typical Tang Dynasty style, magnificent atmosphere, the whole hall has never set up a wall except for the pillars, the transparent four sides are hung with the "light appearance" of the tribute of millizhou as a curtain, this kind of light and thin fabric that can be called the first in the world is hung after being hung by the sun and seems to be nothing, and suddenly covers the hall with a layer of dream-like charm.

The name of the palace is Hongwen, but the officials of the imperial city still habitually call it "Water Temple" in private.

There is also such a waterfront palace in the Furong Garden of Chang'an, the old capital of Guyin, and the name is the Water Temple. When Li Tang was in the Tang Dynasty, he always chose to give banquets to new jinshi there.

Li Xingzhou followed the forbidden army left and right to the place, and when he was stepping into the water hall, a general of the forbidden army on the opposite side came to meet him.

Seeing this general of the forbidden army who was obviously responsible for guarding the Water Temple, Li Xingzhou was actually a little embarrassed.

Gain, a fully armored general, was the commander of the forbidden army who led the army to prevent them from carrying the statue into the imperial city during the rebellion of the Japanese tribute.

At that moment that day, the two had a glaring glance in the middle of the long-awaited long street, like enemies of life and death.

The general of the forbidden army who came in front of him was obviously a little surprised to see Li Xingzhou, but at this time, the two were close, and they had already looked at each other, so they wanted to bow their heads and pretend not to see, and it was too late to pretend to be strange.

After the color of surprise disappeared in a flash, the face of the forbidden army general immediately had a trace of embarrassment.

Seeing such a mighty man like him with such a twisted expression, Li Xingzhou, who was embarrassed, had a smile on his face.

Seeing his smile, the general of the forbidden army was slightly stunned, and then laughed as well.

It's a really funny scene, the two of them are embarrassed at first, then smile, and then the smile turns into laughter.

In the midst of laughter, Li Xingzhou walked over and bowed his hand to the general of the forbidden army: "I thank the general's subordinates for their mercy last time, and I am very grateful."

The mighty general returned the salute.

"I really didn't want to show mercy to my subordinates, but I was afraid that I would be looked down upon by the two little cubs in the family who were in school. However, since I was transferred to the Divine Capital two years ago, among these scholars I have heard and seen, your bones are indeed the hardest."

"If you are forced to that part, you will die if you retreat, so you can only fight hard"

Li Xingzhou smiled and said.

"Retreat is also death, there is advance and no retreat, it is well said".

The general of the forbidden army stretched out his hand and patted Li Xingzhou on the shoulder.

"You don't talk like those twists and turns, you are quite right for a certain family's spleen and stomach, and your bones are hard enough. Let's not know each other anymore, let's drink together another day."

"Well, you must drink bitterly, and you will not be drunk and have no home"

The general had a lot to do, so he didn't stay here for long. Hearing this, Fu patted Li Xingzhou's shoulder again, and then pressed his sword away.

After seeing him out of the hall, Li Xingzhou turned around and realized that he hadn't even asked the name of the person just now.

After shaking his head and smiling at himself, Li Xingzhou continued to walk towards the water hall, thinking back to the scene just now, it really had a taste of "meeting and laughing and enmity".

After walking a few more steps, you can see rows of small tables in the empty hall that have already filled the wine berries and fruits.

In this era, the formal banquet still used a single-table system, with a few people sitting on the ground. Li Xingzhou took a rough look, and there were no less than hundreds of small ones in the entire hall.

At this time, a small official from the Ministry of Etiquette came up, and the little official was obviously stunned when he saw Li Xingzhou's clothes.

That's not right!

Today is a banquet from the Son of Heaven, and anyone who comes here must wear official uniforms, how can this person dress up like this?

If you make a mistake, you will definitely not be able to get here, and you will not be able to get here if you really make a mistake, and you will have been stopped by the forbidden army a long time ago.

After being stunned for a moment, he looked at the person again, and the little official suddenly understood. is so young and dressed in Confucian clothes, and the only one who can participate in today's banquet from the Son of Heaven must be the Qinghe Li Xingzhou, who has stirred up storms in the sky three times and twice.

Since he recognized the person, the little official in charge of welcoming the guide suddenly turned cold. After walking in front of Li Xingzhou, he didn't greet him, and he didn't even say a word, he turned around and led Li Xingzhou to his seat and left.

Li Xingzhou just smiled at the indifference of this little official, and he didn't have the slightest thought. You can't afford to deal with such a person.

As for the reason why this little official of the Ministry of Rites is so cold, Li Xingzhou also knows it.

The annual imperial examination can be described as a grand event that attracts the attention of the world, and it is also the most fattening.

Originally, this fat difference was fixed by the Ministry of Rites, and according to the rules, since the Ministry was in charge of such an important matter, the people in the Ministry could always get some benefits from it, and such a small official was no exception.

This is like the national ministries and commissions that hold great power in later generations, not to mention the staff inside, as long as they occupy the power of their own department, they can always follow a little light, not to mention anything else, but they have tasted all the good smoke in the north and south of the world.

With Li Xingzhou's trouble, Shengsheng stripped this fat from the Ministry of Rites. Compared with the other ministries, the Ministry of Rites is the famous Qingshui Yamen in the six ministries, and the imperial examination is stripped away, which is really tantamount to cutting meat.

The original benefits of the little officials were gone, and these people were already shallow-eyed, how could they not dislike him Li Xingzhou.

Moreover, because Li Xingzhou led the Gongsheng riot, not only Chen Ping'an was planted, but the entire Ministry of Rites was also tossed.

Regardless of the Tang Dynasty or later generations, or that department, as long as it is tossed, the most tired are always those small officials who do specific work.

The loss of benefits and the impact are all caused by Li Xingzhou. In this case, it is not surprising that the Ministry of Rites is so cold to him.