In the fourth year of Guangqi, in late February; The dispute between the emperor's brother and sister has become more and more popular.

On the streets of Chang'an, there are often corpses that are dead, and these people are either richly dressed or fierce-looking.

According to some people's speculation, these people who died unexpectedly, they were either high-ranking court officials or dead soldiers who wandered in the dark.

At the beginning of March, the eunuchs and courtiers actually sent an invitation to the feudal towns of the world at the same time, and the two parties actually joined hands to carry out a grand spring search activity in Kunming Pool.

At the intermediary, it will be decided on the spring search party to determine the ownership of the emperor's younger brother; Who is the flower, is it Li Bao, the king of Ji, or Li Jie, the king of longevity?

In fact, in real history, after Li Yi's death, the one who ascended the throne was Shouwang Li Jie, that is, Tang Zhaozong of later generations.

Some people say, isn't Tang Zhaozong's name Li Ye?

Shouwang Li Jie, at the beginning of his reign, he changed his name to Li Min, and later changed his name to Li Ye, there is no doubt that Li Jie is the later Tang Zhaozong Li Ye.

But now, there are obviously not many people who support him.

Only Lu Longjiedu envoy Wei Chi Jin, Henan Li Quanzhong, Suining Wang Chongying, Jizhou Wang Rong, and Cangzhou Wang Chucun.

And there are many people who support King Ji Li Bao.

In addition to Wang Yueyao, the envoy of Jiangnan West Province, there are also Hedong Li Keyong, Xichuan Wang Jian, Dongchuan Gu Yanlang, Yan Yan Zhu Mei, Yisheng Liu Hanhong, Zhu Xuan brothers, and Xingyuan Yang Shouliang and so on.

The situation is obviously unfavorable to Li Jie, and Zhu Li, as the strongest warlord in the world, is still silent at this time.

His silence caused Xuzhou Han Pheasant and Yaozhou Guan Yunchang to also fall silent together.

This time, the imperial court gathered in the world's feudal towns to hold a spring search event, and the purpose was naturally not as simple as it seemed on the surface; There was no intention of intensifying the contradictions in the feudal towns.

Without knowing the true intentions of the enemy, Zhu Li would never have made a decision.

So what is spring search?

Spring search is a hunting activity carried out in spring.

Hunting has existed since ancient times, and in primitive societies, this is a very grand production activity.

Since the beginning of the summer, successive rulers have divided hunting activities into four seasons; It is divided into spring search, summer seedling, autumn hunting (xian), and winter hunting.

During the Tang Dynasty, hunting in all seasons was particularly popular.

Emperor Taizong Li Shimin once said: "When the husband is alive, there are three happy things: the world is peaceful, the family is sufficient, and there is happiness; The grass is shallow and the beast is fat, hunting with a ritual (mu), the bow is not false, the arrow is not vain, and the two are happy; Liuhe Datong, Wanfang Xianqing, Zhang Le celebrates, up and down joy, and Sanle also. ”

Even Emperor Taizong, as the ruler, listed hunting as one of the three great pleasures of life, which shows the prevalence of hunting activities in the Tang Dynasty.

In addition, Li Yuanji, the king of Qi, also said: "I would rather not eat for three days, not hunt for a day." All kinds of signs show that the upper class of the Tang Dynasty had a preference for hunting activities.

There is a way to go up and down, there is a way in ancient times, hunting in the Tang Dynasty, how can it not prevail?

Spring search is a royal activity, and it is also a popular activity in the world; Moreover, this spring search is also related to the selection of the emperor's younger brother, even if it is a feudal town on one side, he does not dare to despise it.

All of a sudden, the feudal towns of the world set off one after another, took their cronies, and Pegasus rushed to Chang'an; Even the two sides that were at war with each other stopped fighting, gathered men and horses, and rushed all the way to the Beijing Division.

Shuozhou Zhuli is naturally no exception.

The emperor's younger brother is very likely to be the next emperor, for such a figure related to the general trend of the future, no one dares to take it lightly, and Zhu Li naturally does not dare to ignore it.

Before Zhu Li could do it, Yi Jiangnan and Li Gufeng led thousands of ghost guards to go south first.

They have to rush ahead of Zhu Li and arrive in Chang'an, in addition to clearing dangerous obstacles for Zhu Li, they are also responsible for finding out the news from all parties for Zhu Li's reference and prediction.

Soon after the ghost guard set off, Zhu Li took Zhu Li, Yue Pengju, Gao Yuan, Yue Yun, Qian Muran, Qing Zhen and others, and immediately went south.

The spring search will be held in late March, as scheduled, and they dare not wait for the expiration date; In addition, there are 3,000 elite horsemen and 3,000 trapped tiger guards, followed by Zhu Li, and went to Chang'an together.

When the feudal town entered Beijing, there were few people who did not bring people, and Zhu Li was naturally no exception.

Everyone pretended to be confused, this spring search must be greasy, and no one will take their lives seriously.

The grand event was ordered by the imperial court, and all the generals along the way did not dare to stay in trouble; Of course, this is the case when you go, and as for whether something will happen when you come back, only God knows.

Passing through Hedong, Li Keyong had already left first, and Li Siyuan, the general stationed in Hedong, did not leave Zhu Li and others behind; It's just that his people, together with the Hedong warriors, look at Zhu Li and the others, and they are particularly unkind.

Taiyuan, which was originally Li Keyong's lair, has now become Zhu Li's land, if these Shatuo generals don't have any ideas in their hearts, it is absolutely impossible.

It's just that they can only hate, but they don't dare to act rashly.

Once they disrupt the existing plan of Hedong because of their recklessness, it is not enough to lend them ten more heads; Not to mention, Zhu Li is now ordered to enter Beijing, who dares to stop him under the righteousness.

If you go to Beijing, you will inevitably have turbulent storms and turbulent undercurrents; Zhu Li and others also turned a blind eye to the hatred of the generals in Hedong and had no intention of entanglement with them.

The group set off at the beginning of the month and arrived in Chang'an in mid-March; It was late afternoon.

Looking around, I saw the towering Chang'an, the former capital of the Qin and Han dynasties, facing the afterglow of the evening, just like an old man in the twilight, sighing at the sudden change in the world.

This ancient city, which is full of humanities and has been baptized by wind and rain, seems to have lost its majesty with the decline of Li Tang.

Since the first year of Zhonghe, the majestic ancient city of Chang'an was first broken by Huangchao, and then recaptured by Zhu Li; When the great eunuch Tian Lingzi and Wang Chongrong were competing for the benefits of the salt pond, Chang'an was captured by Li Keyong again.

It has fallen several times, causing this famous city to have long lost its majesty, like an old giant beast that is barely breathing, lazily lying on the land of Shaanxi.

As soon as they entered Chang'an, Zhu Li and the others encountered a unique thing.

Liu Hanhong, the envoy of the Yisheng Army, was in Chang'an City, and openly called Gu Yanlang, the envoy of the Dongchuan Festival.

In the official history, Liu Hanhong, the envoy of the Righteous Victory Army who should have died in the second year of Guangqi, is still alive and well.

It's no wonder that he is still alive now, since Zhu Li, a little butterfly, came to this era, he killed Gao Yu with the first shot, making Yangzhou's Yang Xingmi, a few years earlier than in history, rise in Yangzhou.

Liu Hanhong, who seized Jiangnan Dongdao, had the deterrence of Yang Xingmi, a crouching tiger, and did not wantonly attack Dong Chang, who was based in Hangzhou, as in history.

Naturally, there was no incident of being defeated by Dong Chang's general, Qian Mu, one after another, so he lived well.

It was precisely because of Yang Xingmi's deterrence that Liu Hanhong put most of his attention on Yang Xingmi; His tragedy has not been repeated in this time and space.

Liu Hanhong and Gu Yanlang, these two are right for some reason, is it a coincidence, or is someone provoking?

However, one of these two is arrogant and ambitious by nature; A dead son, with no successor, is even more unscrupulous, as soon as he looks at him, he is right, and it is reasonable.

Liu Hanhong is located in Jiangdong, and Yang Xingmi is resisted in the north, so he is naturally not easy to match; And Gu Yanlang, who can snatch food from Wang Jian's mouth and steal Dongchuan, is also not a good stubble.

Although the two faced each other, they did not fight each other.

As a generation of heroes, they are like a mirror in their hearts, the spring search has not yet begun, if the two of them are at this time, they will fight you to the death, and the final result can only be cheaper for others.

However, as a feudal town, I can't lose face, I can't swallow it in my heart, and I always have to find a way to vent it.

So the two had a unique contest.

This fighting method is really not possible for ordinary people, because their competition is to fight for wealth.

In the city gate of Chang'an, Liu Hanhong occupies the left side of the street, uses gold and precious jade casting stoves and silk and satin as firewood, buys bear's paws, bird's nests and other delicacies at high prices, cooks on the spot, and feasts all the business travelers who pass by.

The beautiful name says: walk by, don't miss it, the bear's paws and bird's nest given for free, one aphrodisiac, two mouths nourishing yin, three mouthfuls of belly, and children and grandchildren are full.

The naked flaunting of wealth is staggering.

You must know that now in the world, more than seventy percent of the people do not have enough to eat and sleep well.

Liu Hanhong, this guy, actually gave away and stuffed precious delicacies such as bear's paw and bird's nest as Chinese cabbage, which was so comical that it was full of commotion.

What's more, there is also the silk satin.

Even in a well-to-do family, it takes several years of family wealth to be able to buy a horse; Generally, when the son gets married and the daughter gets married, it is extravagant.

But here in Liu Hanhong, it is used as firewood, which is a naked sin.

Looking at Gu Yanlang again, this guy occupied the right side of the street, and near the gate of Chang'an City, he built a silver platform on the spot.

The whole silver platform, like a silver mountain, I don't know how much silver was used to build it.

Not only that, Gu Yanlang also bought sixteen bewitching ladies from the Red Mansion and embroidery workshop in Chang'an at a high price, and placed them on the silver platform.

Each of these ladies had a gold bucket made of pure gold, and the glittering gold bucket was filled with silver coins with white flowers.

Sixteen ladies, the rest, did nothing, they only did one thing, that is, the silver coins in the bucket, constantly spilled a lot of money into the stage, in the middle of the road.

The name is beautiful: walk by, don't miss it; Those who pass by have a reward and a tael of silver; Instead of praying for a golden pie to fall from the sky, it is better to stop and take it at will.

As soon as they saw this scene, Zhu Li and the others, just like Grandma Liu entering the Grand View Garden, were instantly stunned and salivating.

The world is so big that there are no surprises.

Even in the Tang Dynasty in the last days, there are good things happening all over the world, and many people feel that they haven't woken up.

After the surprise, it is contemplation, of course, but does not forget to grab the money.

Even Zhu Li, the general of Huaihua, will ask for a handkerchief from Qingji's hand, cover his face, and immediately join the ranks of picking up money.

The crowd was surging and the water was impassable, Zhu Li, Yue Pengju, Qian Muran and others, relying on their skills, robbed and robbed, as if they had never seen money in eight lifetimes.

As the saying goes, eating people is short in mouth and soft in hand.

But Zhu Li led everyone, not only ate and drank a meal of the sea, but also the bear's paws and bird's nest distributed by Liu Hanhong; also robbed the countless silver coins sent by Gu Yanlang to throw them.

Even so, in his heart, Liu Hanhong and Gu Yanlang had already secretly included them in the list of Central Plains tumors that must be eliminated.

Poor and extravagant, and excessively looting, these two people will never be able to stay.