Chapter 1: The Cycle of Life and Death
If there is one dynasty in Chinese history that Yang Zhou yearns for the most, it is the Tang Dynasty.
In the 21st century, in which Yang Zhou lived, although some people deliberately exaggerated Zhao and Song, saying that Zhao Song's economic development was the first in the world at that time, at the same time, there was no country in the West that could compare with Zhao and Song.
Neither the Han nor the Tang Dynasty could do it, because during the Han and Tang dynasties, the West also had a powerful state.
This statement is very strange, and the entire Zhao and Song dynasties were always threatened by the northern nomads.
Because of the congenital deficiencies in politics and ideology, the military of the Zhao and Song dynasties for more than 300 years has never been able to go up, and the country has never completed the unification, and it has been a small court from beginning to end.
This point is not only recognized by experts and scholars who study the history of the Zhao and Song dynasties in the 21 st century, but also by the emperors and prime ministers of the Zhao and Song dynasties.
The Tang Chengsui system, which integrated the north and the south, had both the Wenhua style of the Southern Dynasty and the simplicity and pragmatism of the Northern Dynasty. The imperial examination and recommendation were carried out in parallel, so that the court not only had the aristocratic elite cultivated by the family, but also tried its best to absorb the talents of the people.
It can be said that the pattern of the Tang Dynasty was a hundred times stronger than that of the Song Dynasty from the beginning......
The rule of the Ming monarch and the virtuous Xiangzhenguan, the empress Wu Zetian of the prosperous era, the prosperous era of the Kaiyuan Dynasty, Li Bai, Du Fu......
In the past, Yang Zhou's impression of the Tang Dynasty was that it was mighty and powerful, but when he thought of it today, he couldn't help but scratch his head with both hands and let out a howl of pain.
Yes, the Tang Dynasty is strong and beautiful in the imagination, but those "beautiful" can only exist in the imagination.
Now that he has crossed over, through the words of the person next to him last night, he knows that he has crossed over to become Li Chengqian, the prince of Zhenguan for sixteen years.
In the 21st century, Yang Zhou's father named him Yang Zhou, hoping that he could be like the gentleman in the Book of Songs: Yang Zhou, good and beautiful.
But Yang Zhou, who graduated from a third-rate university, can only make a living by working in the city. Although he sometimes envies those people who travel through time, no matter which dynasty or generation they wear, they can become masters with an idea casually.
But he never thought of crossing by himself, because once he crossed, it meant that he had left this world.
His life is very simple, there are no miracles in his life, he will not be struck by lightning when lightning and thunder roar, and he will not run deep into the mountains and accidentally get into a wormhole.
He just eats barbecue and drinks beer at night, and eats and eats......
Yang Zhousheng grew up under the red flag in New China, and he also had great ambitions when he was a teenager, and later he could only work in the city in a mess, and sometimes he would sigh: It's boring.
But he really didn't want to die, he still had family and friends......
Thinking about the past, looking at the present, he is in the cycle of life and death.
The eastern sky turned white, the sky was bright, and Yang Zhou's new life in the new world began.
Yang Zhou thought that he was dead and thought of his family.
Sadness came from it, and two lines of tears flowed down the corners of his eyes.
Yang Zhou was lying on the bed heartbroken, crying silently, and suddenly someone helped him wipe away his tears.
Yang Zhou turned his head, and a white pig's waist face blocked all his sight.
Yang Zhou thought that he was dead, and was shocked when he saw this monster.
"What the hellβ"
With a loud scream, a carp stiffened, Huo Ran sat up, grabbed the silk brocade quilt with both hands, and looked at the servant in front of him in horror.
The pig-kidney-faced chamberlain was also startled and looked around in panic.
"Where the hell is? Where the hell is it?" The pig's kidney's face turned around in place, and said with a flattering smile: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is scaring the slaves and maids again, where are the ghosts?"
Yang Zhou thought to himself that he was dead anyway, and he was also a ghost, so it was useless to be afraid.
Seeing that this old ghost was pretentious, he asked coldly, "You're not a ghost?"
"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is joking with the slave again, hehehehe." The old ghost smiled even more, and he couldn't see the slightest embarrassment.
"And who are you?" Yang Zhou really didn't know him.
The smile on the old ghost's face suddenly disappeared, and he was stunned before he said softly: "Your Highness doesn't remember the slave?"
The old ghost saw that 'Li Chengqian' didn't react, he was really scared, and said loudly: "The slave is Bai Zhou?"
Seeing this, Yang Zhou's heart moved, this old ghost was Li Chengqian's cronies and servants, and he had to be sent out.
said bluntly: "Why don't you remember, go and call the crown princess." "There are not many people who are famous for Li Chengqian's inner curtain, and Yang Zhou can only conclude that the crown princess must be in the East Palace now.
The old ghost's face changed, and he turned around and walked out in response.
After a while, he heard the sound of hurried footsteps, and the old ghost led the two women into the walk quickly.
Yang Zhou opened his eyes wide and looked closely, the makeup in front of her looked like a noblewoman, and the person supporting her next to her was also wearing a double ring, and she was indeed a girl.
It's just that the lady suddenly looked like a thirty-year-old person, and Yang Zhou couldn't guess who it was.
Turning his head to the old ghost, he said in an unkind tone: "Dog minion, let you go and invite the princess, why didn't you invite it?"
Unexpectedly, as soon as these words came out, the three people standing on the ground were all shocked, and Bai Zhou asked cautiously and tentatively: "Your Royal Highness the Prince, are you joking with the slave again?" He gestured to the noble lady and said, "Isn't this the crown princess?" β
"Who are you fooling, Li Chengqian's crown princess is only in her twenties, how can she be so ......" Yang Zhou was also excited for a moment and blurted out.
"Your Royal Highness the Prince, what's the matter?" The crown princess said with a crying voice.
"It's evil." The old ghost Bai Zhou muttered quietly.
Yang Zhou looked at their expressions, and then listened to them, and was shocked.
It is now the winter month of the sixteenth year of Zhenguan, and in April next year, Tang Taizong will depose Li Chengqian. If it is rumored that he is crazy at this time, it is not a trivial matter, and it may be finished early.
didn't care about anything else, and reprimanded loudly: "Dog minion, what are you talking nonsense, aren't I good?"
As he spoke, he jumped out of bed and landed on his feet, Yang Zhou felt a pain in his right foot, and he almost couldn't stand.
Fortunately, the old ghost and the crown princess held him on the left and right, and Yang Zhou slowed down for a long time before he remembered that Li Chengqian had an injury on his foot.
Yang Zhou shook off the old ghost's hand and turned his head to look at the crown princess.
I saw that her temples were untidy, her eyes were red, her face was full of exhaustion and haggardness, and her eyes were full of concern for him.
Yang Zhou sighed in his heart, because he asked the palace maid beside the crown princess: "How do you serve the crown princess?"
The palace maid hurriedly knelt down and said, "The crown princess has always been worried about His Royal Highness the crown prince. Last month, because His Majesty was angry and killed Chengxin, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, you are so sad that you can't get out of bed. The crown princess came to visit His Royal Highness the Crown Prince several times, but was rejected by His Royal Highness the Prince, and every time she went back, she washed her face with tears.
Yesterday, I suddenly heard that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince fell in the back garden and did not wake up, so the Crown Princess cried all night in the outer hall, and the water and rice did not enter the ......"
"Su'er!" The crown princess stopped the girl named Su'er from complaining.
Yang Zhou didn't know what to say, he wasn't Li Chengqian, but now he ......
Looking at the thin body of the crown princess, her heart softened, and she said: "I haven't slept all night, get some food first, and get a good night's sleep." Saying that, he glanced at the old ghost, and the old ghost hurriedly walked to the door and asked someone to pass the meal.
Yang Zhou saw that the crown princess barely squeezed out a smile, and said with a sneer: "Don't stand still, lie down first, and let them wait for you to wash up later." β
After listening to Yang Zhou's words, the smile on the princess's face was no longer so reluctant, but she didn't get into bed.
Yang Zhou didn't know the reason, and said to the princess with a smile: "Between you and me, what's so embarrassing?" β
"Your Royal Highness the Crown Prince, you once said: No one can get on this bed except you and your heart."
As soon as the old ghost said this, Yang Zhou suddenly got goosebumps.
According to historical records, Chengxin is a singing boy in Taichang Temple, and was accepted by Li Chengqian as a **. When Li Shimin found out, he was reluctant to beat Li Chengqian to death, and ordered him to be beaten to death.
Perhaps Li Chengqian's symmetry is sincere, because the tragedy behind Li Chengqian seems to be caused by this incident on the surface.
Li Chengqian wanted to avenge his satisfaction, but he did not dare to go directly to Li Shimin, and decided that it was his long-held enemy, his third brother Li Tai, who sued him.
secretly sent assassins to assassinate Li Tai, and after the assassination failed, he was worried that Li Shimin would abolish him if Li Shimin knew about these things, so he thought about how to rebel.
Maybe he had long thought in his heart that Li Shimin would not pass on the throne to him, so he rebelled without scruples.
No matter what Li Chengqian does, anyway, Yang Zhou doesn't want to be here for a moment now, he doesn't discriminate against anything, but he has the right to choose his preferences.
"Let's go somewhere else."
Yang Zhou walked out of Li Chengqian's bedroom little by little, and the attendants and palace maids who were waiting in the main hall saluted him one after another.
"Drive to the Lizheng Palace."