Chapter 101: Thousand Cows Prepare
Things came to this point, and Xue Shao sighed a little.
Princess Taiping was still there depressed, "I'm poor, woo, I'm poor!" β¦β¦ One moment is a crooked-necked princess, and the next moment she becomes a big poor person, and I haven't done anything good since I met you! Xue Shao, you broom star, you will compensate me for your food! β
Xue Shao grinned and was speechless at all, can you stop selling cuteness?
Wu Zetian finally couldn't hold back his laughter twice, "Taiping, don't talk nonsense!" β
"Mother, I'm not happy! I'm not happy! β
Li Zhi was not there, Wu Zetian smiled again, and Princess Taiping used her best trick - coquettish and treasure.
She pouted and stomped her feet, leaned to Wu Zetian's side, and stretched out her little hand, "I want to see my father's hand!" β
"Am I going to lie to you?" Wu Zetian couldn't help but smile and gave Li Zhi's hand to her.
Xue Shao couldn't help but laugh, Princess Taiping's level of playing treasure and selling cuteness is definitely master-level, and every step is pervasive!
The law of the Tang Dynasty clearly stipulates that the princess's food shall not exceed 350 households, and the favor of the second saint for Princess Taiping began as soon as she was born, so the feud she received has reached the extreme very early.
Strictly speaking, the 350 households of Princess Taiping can only be called "Tang Muyi", because she can only extract taxes and requisition labor, and has no real right to manage the households and the power of life and death - the emergence of the candidate countries is not allowed in the Tang Dynasty!
But this is not easy, in order to ensure that the national household registration of the Tang Empire has rarely "sealed" the food estate, it is generally converted into Lu Feng to distribute. Princess Taiping's 350 households are her main source of income, and they are also the signature and face of her, the princess of the empire, and she has been cut by a third at once, she has enough reason to be sad and depressed.
However, with Princess Taiping's acumen and intelligence, how could she have imagined that the reason why her father left in a rage was not because someone had watched "The Mirror of the Six Armies", otherwise Wu Zetian would not have dared to officially give "The Mirror of the Six Armies" to Xue Shao anyway; Li Zhi didn't really want to spread his anger on his daughter - when he taught his daughter, did he still need to carry the "re-hairing hand" on his back?
Li Zhi's real purpose is to kill chickens and make an example of monkeys - to shock Wu Chenghei, shock Wu Zetian and thus shock the entire martial family!
The reason why he used the method of "reissuing the hand" was nothing more than because of "indecent reprimand", and he didn't attack in public because of Wu Zetian's face!
No emperor would be willing to give up his power and become a puppet. Over the years, Wu Zetian's power has continued to grow, and if Li Zhi is completely at ease, it is definitely a lie. It's just that in the past, Wu Zetian was just a lonely person, Li Zhi was not a traverser, of course he didn't know that Lu Dao would appear in the near future The only empress in Chinese history! In his opinion, no matter how powerful his queen is, she is just a "woman" who can't achieve great things after all, and she can only serve the Li family for the rest of her life!
However, in recent years, Wu Zetian has successively pulled the people of her mother's family to her side one by one, and both good and bad have been awarded high-ranking officials to be promoted and reused, and the courtiers and officials have quite a few complaints, and Li Zhi's heart is definitely not so happy and stable. Therefore, it is not so much that Li Zhi's hand is the food of Princess Taiping, but rather a shock and pressure on the power of the martial arts! Wu Zetian, such a shrewd person, has been a husband and wife with Li Zhi for thirty years, and knows each other well, she must know what to do in order to calm the evil fire in Emperor Li Zhi's heart.
Therefore, Princess Taiping is obviously maliciously selling cuteness, the more aggrieved she becomes, the more injured she is, and Wu Zetian estimates that the more severely she will punish Wu Chenghe! - Moreover, this is completely the meaning of His Majesty the Emperor, and no one else is to blame!
Xue Shao clearly noticed that after Princess Taiping finished reading the hand, a sly and surprised smile flashed on her face, but immediately her mouth and eyebrows arched into a standard "eight", and she hummed very depressedly with a sad face: "I'm not doing it!" Could it be that I took my hundred households and exchanged it for a six-grade ministry official of Xue Shao? β
Xue Shao was slightly stunned, what do you mean?
"These are two different things, you don't want to talk nonsense!" Wu Zetian glanced at Xue Shao and took his hand back, and said, "There has been a precedent in this dynasty, and those who are summoned into the forbidden middle and the emperor's 'countermeasures and first' can be awarded officials because of their talents. Today, His Majesty and the palace have taken many exams for Xue Shao, all of which are outstanding, and he can be judged to be as good as Gaodi. He got this six-rank ministry by virtue of his own ability and talent, what does it have to do with your food? β
Six-rank ministers?
Xue Shao secretly rejoiced in his heart, yes, my future father-in-law did not hate me because of my "defection", he should have seen that I was also forced to be helpless; He definitely doesn't want me and Princess Taiping to really have a grudge against the Queen of Heaven and the entire martial arts family! β¦β¦ This Tang Emperor, who is heavy and seems to be weak, is actually like a mirror in his heart!
"I don't care! Anyway, I know that I have been cut down and the broom star is going to be promoted! Princess Taiping was angry and swayed around with the big sleeves of Wu Zetian's wide queen crown.
"And what are you going to do?" Wu Zetian seems to be like Xue Shao, who was a little helpless by the malicious cute Princess Taiping.
"Humph, Broom Star!" Princess Taiping glanced at Xue Shao with ill intentions, and said angrily, "Last time I crooked my neck, he got a seven-grade official order; This time, I took 100 households, and I added a product! β¦β¦ Mother, is your precious daughter's food and face so worthless? β
Now Wu Zetian and Xue Shao can understand it - both clearly and secretly, Princess Taiping is clearly bargaining!
"Go and tell your father about this!" Wu Zetian was speechless, shook his arm, broke off his sleeve, and sat upright.
"No, I don't!" Princess Taiping grabbed Wu Zetian's wide robe sleeves with both hands this time, and stretched out a slap with a smile to shake it repeatedly, "Wupin? How about the five products? ββFive products are expensive, this is worthy of Xue Shao's identity! β
"Jun, none, drama, speech!!" Wu Zetian said in a deep voice.
"Okay, six products are six products...... Then I want to think about it, which of the six Beijing officials are particularly majestic and magnificent! Princess Taiping quickly rolled her eyes and fell into a whimsical thought.
Wu Zetian was almost crying and laughing, "Majestic? Style? β¦β¦ The specific position of Xue Shao must be discussed with the prime minister and the important officials of the Ministry of Officials, and it can only be decided according to the vacancy of the position! β
Xue Shao couldn't help but raise his hand and wipe a handful of cold sweat on his forehead...... Princess Taiping, do you think that the official position of this imperial court is pork and cabbage and fresh seafood in the vegetable market, and you can still pick and choose?
"Ha Luha, I know the way!" Princess Taiping suddenly smiled happily, "Queen Mother, I know that there is a six-rank official position in Lu Dao, not only must there be vacancies, but also special suitability for Xue Shao's identity!" β
Wu Zetian and Xue Shao wrinkled their brows at the same time, "What official position?" β
"Prepare for a thousand cows!"
Hearing her say this, Wu Zetian's eyes lit up, and Xue Shao was also happy in his heart - she finally did a reliable thing!
The word "thousand cows" comes from the "Zhuangzi", which says that the number of cows in Ku Ding is more than 1,000 and the blade is still as if it has been freshly sharpened. According to this allusion, the emperor had a kind of self-defense sword called "Thousand Cow Knife". And Qianniu Beishen is a special military attache who is in charge of the Qianniu Imperial Sword to protect the emperor closely.
Datang's Qianniu Beishen is like the current "Zhongnanhai bodyguard", which is definitely not something that ordinary people can serve. First of all, it must be a descendant of the grace of a civil and military officer of the third rank or a fourth-grade Qing official, and those who are born in a four-grade turbid official family are not good, which means that the members of Qianniu must be politically competent, noble-born, and have received a good cultural education since childhood.
Secondly, Qianniu's appearance is not just upright, it has to reach the level of "handsome", the body shape must be tall and well-proportioned, and it can only be a young man. This is easy to understand, the personal bodyguards who often have to accompany the emperor in and out of various occasions, how can the ugly monster and the old man behave?
Moreover, martial arts skills must be good enough, as the emperor's bodyguard, this is the very least!
Therefore, although Qianniu Beishen is only a six-rank military attachΓ©, because he is an errand boy by the emperor's side and the conditions for election are so harsh, he is an outlier who is not included in the "turbidity official". Nowadays, the princes and prime ministers all hope that their sons and nephews can start with a thousand cows, which is not only a great honor, but also means that the future is immeasurable - the henchmen and bodyguards who can entrust the emperor with peace of mind, and the young people who are quite outstanding in all aspects, of course, are far easier to be brilliant than ordinary people!
"Qianniu prepares ......" Wu Zetian groaned meaningfully and asked, "Xue Shao, do you know what kind of official position this is?" β
"Knowing the way, knowing the way!" Princess Taiping hurriedly rushed to answer for Xue Shao, and kept squeezing Xue Shao's eyebrows, signaling him to actively fight for it.
"You shut up, I didn't ask you!" Wu Zetian said angrily.
"The minister knows the way." Xue Shao calmly arched his hand and said: "Qianniu is prepared, and he is the personal guard of His Majesty the Emperor. β
"This dynasty in the Longshuo years will be the original left and right thousand cattle mansion changed to the left and right Fengchen guards, each guard set up six products of thousands of cattle to prepare for twelve, holding a thousand cattle sword as a personal guard under His Majesty; In addition, there are 12 'prepared about the body' of the six products, guarding the imperial guard, and there are 100 reserve guards and 150 main guards. Wu Zetian said, "Qianniu Bei is directly involved in the safety of the Son of Heaven, although he is only a six-rank military attachΓ©, but he can only be held by a young talent who is one in a million - do you think, can you do it?" β
Xue Shao took a deep breath and said categorically, "Yes!" β
Princess Taiping suddenly clapped her hands with her eyebrows fluttering, and whispered: "Xue Lang is noble, handsome, and chic, and has outstanding all-round talents in civil and military affairs, and no one in the world is more suitable than Xue Lang to serve as a thousand cows!" β
The black line on Xue Shao's forehead once again appeared...... You're the driving force behind the scenes, too, too explicit and visible, right?
Wu Zetian smiled speechlessly and nodded, "Since you are so confident, this palace will consider it carefully." β
"Thank you for the Queen of God!" Xue Shao bowed his hand and thanked him.
Princess Taiping happily ran to Xue Shao's side, and solemnly bowed to Wu Zetian, "The emperor bows to the queen mother!" β¦β¦ If Xue Lang can be awarded the official position of Qianniu Preparation, the emperor's hundred households will be unjustly lost! Asking for a mother must be fulfilled! The emperor gave a big gift to the queen mother! β
Wu Zetian shook his head and smiled, what a woman is really missing!
"You stand down and go and call Wan'er and the waiters." Wu Zetian flicked his sleeves, looked at Xue Shao deeply, and said, "Xue Shao, don't let this palace down!" β
"Minister...... Do your best, and then die! Xue Shao bowed his hand.
"Hongu, wait and see!" Wu Zetian nodded with satisfaction, "Go ahead!" β
Xue Shao did not explicitly say "filial piety and loyalty to the queen", and Wu Zetian said "wait and see", this question and answer are ambiguous, but they are all tacit!
"Queen Mother, let's go!"
Princess Taiping jumped up with joy, pulled Xue Shao's sleeve and ran out, "Come on, come on!" I have 10,000 words to say to you! β¦β¦ Let Zhu Bajie move the inkstone and books for you, come with me! β
"Hey, you're a big man, why are you walking slower than me?!".
[Digression: Historically, after Wu Zetian came to power in the Dragon God period and Li Xian restored the Li Tang Dynasty, the left and right Fengchenwei were renamed "left and right Qianniuwei". The well-known "Detective Di Renjie" in the Apocryphal Ultraman-like "Li Yuanfang" classmate worship "General Qianniuwei" is obviously a mistake. Of course, it's just an "entertainment-oriented" TV series. There is really a person named Li Yuanfang in history, that is Li Shimin's half-brother, the prince of the Tang Dynasty! β¦β¦ Then, this book recruits a few "thousands of cattle to prepare" and "prepare around" of the senior dragon set, a typical aristocratic hunk is handsome and rich, interested students in the book review area in the top post to sign up! ^_^ In addition, don't forget the red ticket and collection! ^_^γ