Chapter 079 Civil and Military Part-time Job

Li Heng is tall, heavy and heroic, with a wide forehead and square face, and extraordinary bearing, in fact, he has inherited many excellent genes from Li Longji, and among Li Longji's many children, Li Heng is the most outstanding one.

It's just that Li Heng has a weak personality, and under the strength of Emperor Li Longji, he seems to be submissive and very unbearable.

Of course, having said that, if Li Heng was as strong as his father, he might have been deposed a long time ago. This weakness and incompetence may also be the cloak that Li Heng relies on to protect himself.

In the gap between Li Longji's constant "beating" and Li Linfu's constant "framing", he was honestly and fearfully low-key, which constituted a microcosm of the life of the crown prince Li Heng in the past many years. Especially after Zhang Huan's case, Li Heng was even more frightened, fearing that he would be abolished one day, so he closed his door and never interacted with the outside world, almost fading out of the field of vision of the Tang Dynasty.

The current situation is that the emperor is too strong and domineering, and the ministers are too authoritarian, and as soon as Li Linfu dies, there will be another Yang Guozhong, and the East Palace has become dispensable. So much so that in many cases, the world has consciously or unintentionally ignored the existence of Li Heng, the future prince.

Or, most of the Tang magnates and the royal family believe that Li Heng's position as the prince is not stable and may be expelled at any time.

But today, Li Heng appeared in a grand manner, this is the first time in nearly a year that he has appeared in public in an upper-class setting, everyone stared at Li Heng in surprise, and the atmosphere of the scene suddenly became strange and dull.

It is said that Li Heng, as the prince of the East Palace and the prince of the Tang Dynasty under the Son of Heaven, is the No. 1 person in Tianzi when he appears, in the absence of an emperor. Seeing Li Heng, everyone should immediately get up and salute, but Li Heng at this moment really doesn't have this kind of deterrent, and many people don't react.

Li Heng strode up to Princess Yuzhen and bowed slightly, "Li Heng has seen Emperor Yuzhen. ”

Princess Yuzhen was also a little surprised, she hesitated for a moment, then got up and saluted, "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has arrived, Yuzhen has missed the distance, and I hope the prince will forgive the sin." ”

Yuzhen got up this time, and just then "woke up" everyone, and everyone quickly got up and bowed, and shouted in unison, "The ministers (concubines) meet His Royal Highness the Prince!" ”

"Excuse me, excuse me." Li Heng smiled very humbly, waved his hand and said, "Yuzhen Imperial Aunt, my father heard that Imperial Aunt was holding a banquet in Yuzhen Temple, so he asked Li Heng to come over and join in the fun, hehe." ”

As Li Heng spoke, two complicated eyes slowly fell on Zhang Xuan's body, and the corners of his mouth twitched slightly, and he stopped talking.

Li Heng looked at Zhang Xuan, and Zhang Xuan was actually secretly looking at the prince Li Heng, who had been admired for a long time, and later Emperor Suzong of Tang.

In Zhang Xuan's view, Li Heng in this history is really a pitiful worm, he finally became the emperor immediately, but he died in a palace coup after reigning for five years, and his life can be described as very miserable.

But looking at it on the spot, Zhang Xuan intuitively felt that this Li Heng did not seem to be as unbearable as recorded in the history books. His demeanor was humble, but his gaze was faintly projected with a glimmer of light, and the weakness and incompetence exposed were more like a kind of helpless Taoguang obscurity.

Come to think of it, under Li Longji's incomparably strong position, and under the step-by-step squeeze of the Tang Dynasty's powerful ministers, there is not much space for Li Heng, if he does not maintain humility and low profile, the position of the crown prince will definitely not be kept. After that, if the Anshi Rebellion had not weakened the Tang Dynasty after the outbreak of the Anshi Rebellion, and the emperor's control over the imperial court and the national situation weakened, his tragedy might not have happened.

As soon as he thought of this, Zhang Xuan's mind also settled down. He still has a long way to go in life, and he has to go step by step, and he can't be ambitious. In the current situation, choosing the East Palace in a third party is also a relatively good choice. As for Li Heng, if he can be trained, he will be trained, if he is really unbearable, it will be a stepping stone after all.

Li Heng suddenly smiled and glanced back at the eunuch Li Jingzhong.

Li Jingzhong hurriedly took the emperor's decree, raised his hands high, and his shrill voice echoed in the empty field: "The emperor has a decree, and Zhang Xuan accepts the decree." ”

Zhang Xuan knew that the edict to canonize himself into the East Palace had arrived. And the emperor chose this time to announce, and at the same time let the crown prince "come out", which clearly shows ulterior motives.

This treacherous and cunning emperor, in the final analysis, still treats everyone as a pawn on his chessboard to manipulate at will...... Don't you know that he himself is the biggest and most tragic chess piece in this chess game that has fallen in troubled times. Zhang Xuan smiled secretly in his heart, but he bowed to the ground respectfully in a dark color, "Zhang Xuan accepted the order." ”

Except for the crown prince Li Heng, everyone, including Princess Yuzhen, was taken aback. Why did the emperor have a holy decree issued to Zhang Xuan, is it ......

“…… Zhang Xuan is quick to think and has a good character, and can be an example for the world's scholars...... I personally recommended Zhang Xuan to be appointed as the secretary of the East Palace, the prince of the prince Yiwei Zhaowu Lieutenant, and assisted the East Palace to study the government and state affairs of the ......"

After Li Jingzhong announced the holy decree, Zhang Xuan kowtowed with some surprise and thanked him.

Donggong Si Yilang is a position in the civil official system of the East Palace, and the prince's pro-Xun Yiwei is the prince's bodyguard, which belongs to the military attache system.

What was even more surprising was the powerful gentlemen present. Zhang Xuan actually came out of the East Palace...... Not only out of the East Palace, but also civil and military positions together, which seems to mean ...... It means that the emperor seems to want to cultivate Zhang Xuan as the head of the auxiliary ministers of the East Palace.

But it doesn't matter anymore. The important thing is - does the East Palace have to come out? Most of the Chang'an magnates and royal families who were old and sophisticated and skilled in power were shocked, and there was something more in their eyes when they looked at Li Heng again.

The scheming of the younger generation is not so deep, and they are limited by their vision and experience, and they will not see so long-term.

It turned out that this Zhang Xuan actually caught the line of the East Palace...... No wonder it's so unscrupulous, but so what? The prince of the East Palace - hum, a weak and incompetent vase ornament, is it really a tall branch? Joke! Yang Xun sneered in his heart, Zhang Xuan was appointed as an assistant minister of the East Palace, although he was surprised but didn't care.

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"Minister Zhang Xuan, meet His Royal Highness the Prince."

In the Tang Dynasty, the five-rank officials and above were called canonizations, and the five-rank officials below were called edicts. Zhang Xuan accepted the edict, accepted the green robe and crown belt, and after going to change clothes and dressing neatly, he appeared again to officially meet Li Heng as a courtier, which is the minimum etiquette and cannot be abolished.

Li Heng stared at Zhang Xuan with complicated eyes, and got up with a smile to help Zhang Xuan, "Zizhan doesn't need to be polite, this palace heard that Zizhan is erudite and talented, and Zizhan is in the East Palace, and there is a gentleman in this palace to study the book of sages." ”

Different from everyone's feelings, Li Heng was quite suspicious and afraid of Li Longji's arrangement for Zhang Xuan to come to the East Palace to serve. faintly felt that this was a nail planted by the emperor beside him, and he was actually a little repulsed and wary of Zhang Xuan in his heart.

Zhang Xuan smiled, Li Heng's mentality at the moment was clear to him. As a matter of fact, Li Longji is not without such deep-seated considerations. However, whether Zhang Xuan will really be the emperor's pawn honestly is a story for another time.