Chapter 33: The Three Evils of Happiness
The foreign mission walked out of the main hall, but left the huge pressure to the Tang monarchs. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info
The crown prince Li Chengqian has something to say, Li Ke, the king of Shu, and Li Tai, the king of Wei, have something to say, and many ministers have something to say, but Li Shimin, Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, said: "I am a little tired today, let's discuss it another day." ”
The ministers looked at each other: everyone had a good New Year, and the emperor held a temporary court meeting to let everyone work overtime. As a result, the envoys of Fanbang were arrogant for a while, and the court meeting was dispersed, what is this called?
Li Shimin stood up to leave, and the ministers said in unison: "Congratulations to the emperor." ”
At this moment, Wei Zheng said: "Your Majesty, please wait, the minister has something to say." ”
Li Shimin waved his hand, ignored him, and left directly.
After the emperor left, the crown prince Li Chengqian said: "Rank the ministers, the matter of harmony is suspended, and the specific arrangements are waiting for the notice." With that, he also left.
The ministers talked a lot, talking as they went, talking and walking. Soon they were all gone.
Walking at the end was Wei Zheng, who stood on the empty hall, stunned for a moment, shook his head, and left.
When the eunuchs saw that the ministers were gone, they began to clean up.
The fifth day of the new year has passed, and there is no movement on the sixth day of the new year. Heqin was originally scheduled for the sixth day of the first lunar month, but at this time it was quiet, and the missions of various countries did not leave Chang'an. This situation has aroused people's suspicions. For a time, all kinds of gossip filled Chang'an City.
The news that the envoys of various countries made a difficult statement in the court caused anxiety and even panic among the subjects of the Tang Dynasty. In the ninth year of Wude (626), the grassland people once came to Chang'an City, and the Tang Dynasty was almost forced to move the capital to Luoyang.
People are worried that this time the steppe people have received the support of so many countries, and the scene of the iron cavalry approaching Chang'an City will be repeated again.
The ministers also had a lot of discussions, they had a good relationship, or they were subordinate to a certain prince, and they began to discuss the conditions proposed by Xue Yantuo Khan Yinan in private, and most of the people's opinions were supportive and pro-friendly, and they thought of a good reason and prepared to admonish after the official work on the eighth day of the first month.
On the seventh day of the first month, there is still no news about Heqin. Chang'an City is very calm.
However, careful people found that there were more and more Fanbang people in Chang'an City, and most of them were from the grassland peoples.
In the past few days, Tang Fei, the young secretary of Honglu Temple (Ministry of Foreign Affairs), is one of the happiest people in Chang'an City. Originally, his position was a clean water yamen with little oil and water. However, in the past few days, the people who gave him gifts have lined up in a long line.
Almost all the foreign missions gave him gifts, and many tribes from the steppes also gave him gifts, and the gifts were very heavy, so that his hands were weak, and his heart was afraid.
All the people who gave him gifts were for the same purpose, to ask him to give an introduction, and wanted to ask to see the emperor alone.
Tang Fei was really scared, so he asked to see the old chief Sun Wuji, and the eldest Sun Wuji told him that although he accepted the gift and agreed to the request of the giver, the eldest grandson Wuji arranged for them to see the emperor.
Tang Taizong Li Shimin has also been very busy these days, and he has been constantly receiving foreign envoys. There is a constant stream of expatriates at the entrance of the palace.
In the teaching workshop of Kangle Fang, a pair of sister flowers were recently grandly launched, which moved Chang'an with the name of beauty and elegance.
The two sisters are twins from Yangzhou, and they are both 14 years old this year. My sister's name is Xia Lian, and my sister's name is Xia Xi.
Saying that they are beautiful, they are really beautiful, with the delicate faces of women in southern water towns, petite and slender figures, and smooth skin like water. To say that they are elegant means that they are erudite, outstanding in poetry, singing and dancing, and elegant in conversation. It's a pair of standard sluggers.
These two, since they came to Chang'an City at the beginning of the year, under the deliberate rendering of the teaching workshop, and the fact that they do have their own capital, they have quickly become famous. Many civil and military ministers and court dignitaries have come to see its magnificence.
There is a small stage in the workshop, and the two sisters have a performance every afternoon and evening, and each appearance lasts about 20 minutes. The rest of the time, they pick and choose to meet guests.
The two sisters are young and have a lot of eyes, and they do not receive guests easily, but set the rules for meeting guests. They only receive guests who are well-written and understand the rhythm of music. Each time, there will be a question for the guest to answer, usually poetry and rhythm questions. When they are satisfied, they will meet with the guests.
In doing so, they are indeed inflating their own worth. However, this is not the main reason. It's not that they are so high, they have their own helplessness in doing so.
There are too many nobles in Chang'an City, and if they accept the invitation, they can only accept one at a time, then they will offend the other guests who made the invitation.
Officially, because of the difficulty, it further stimulated the curiosity of those characters in Chang'an City who thought they had taste. Everyone was proud to be received by them.
The three evils are also one of the happy people, and they have been very nourishing these days.
There were not many entertainment activities in the Tang Dynasty, and Li Su made a fortune by selling the Xihai Treasure Bead, and he still had private money in his hand. The happy days of the three evils came, and they spent most of their time in the workshop.
On the afternoon of the seventh day of the Lunar New Year, the Three Evils came to the teaching workshop as usual, and still found a few familiar girls such as Xiaohong, Xiaocui and Xiaoying to drink and play. The names of the Xia sisters, they had also heard of them, but they were not interested in them because of their taste for the three evils.
During the play, Yang Kang, the pawn army, came in and said: "Lord, it's rare, the crown prince and King Wei (Li Tai) are here." ”
It turned out that they were all running for the name of the Xia sisters.
"Come on, come on, ignore them." Li Su said.
Du He said: "Yes, let's play ours, hey, Xiao Cui'er, you lose, drink the wine." ”
The three evils continue to drink and play.
Besides, the crown prince Li Chengqian, the eldest grandson Chong and Cheng Chumo did come in the name of the Xia sisters, but when they entered the teaching workshop and heard that Li Tai, the king of Wei, was also here, they felt awkward.
In terms of style and rhythm, Li Tai, the king of Wei, is better than the crown prince Li Chengqian. If the crown prince Li Chengqian competed with Li Tai, the king of Wei, at the same time, the possibility of losing was extremely high. However, when they came, Li Tai's people also saw him coming, so they left directly, and they couldn't let Li Tai, the king of Wei, laugh at him?
When he was in distress, the helper came, and when Changsun Chong saw Yang Kang, he proposed to go to King Liang to drink, and the Xia sisters' performance would not go later, which was also a good reason: we came here because we had something to discuss.
When Li Tai, the king of Wei, heard that the crown prince Li Chengqian was coming, he was happy, and he looked forward to Li Chengqian competing with him for the right to meet the Xia sisters, so as to brutally abuse the prince.
When he heard that the prince had gone to the room of the three evils, he guessed that the prince was looking for an excuse to avoid the war, and he was a little disappointed. But he thought that the prince didn't dare to compete with him on the same stage, and he was also proud in his heart.
The three evils were having fun, and the prince and others came in.