Chapter 181: The Wind Rises

The gold list is high and the surname is true, and it is clearly folded.

Peng Ying picked up the immortals, and Jiang Hai thought about cultivating and fishing.

90,000 wings, ten years of hard work.

When it comes to the promotion of peace, it is fair, and I don't feel that Longmen is dangerous.

Meng Haoran and Zhang Xiangwen did not qualify for this year's township tribute students, and Tang Cheng went home and delayed for some time, unable to travel with other scholars in Taoism, because when he went to Chang'an to take the examination this time, he could only go alone.

When Tang Cheng said goodbye to the ten-mile long pavilion outside the city, it was already late autumn.

The autumn wind is bleak and the weather is cool, the grass and trees shake off the "dew" for frost, and the geese return to Yannanxiang! It was already cold, and the geese flew south, and it was in this Xiao Xiao autumn wind that Tang Cheng, who only had an entourage of Laifu, whipped the horse wildly and flew north.

Out of Shannan East Road Road City West, to Shannan West Road Liangzhou after turning west to north, after going straight along the official road to the north, this way to meet the shop tip, every night in the dark, after half a month, finally step on the horse imperial capital gateway Xinfeng County, from the golden city of Chang'an only a stone's throw away.

This night, Tang Cheng ate a cup of tea and dinner with the hot boiling wine in the inn, and took a solid hot bath to go to bed after the dust of the servants was gone.

After a good night's sleep, Tang Cheng felt full of energy when he got up the next morning, and after breakfast, he went straight out of Xinfeng County with Laifu Zema.

Soon out of the city, Tang Cheng could vaguely see that there was a wooden bridge above the clear water in front of him, and there were countless willows on the side of the bridge, but the willow branches were extremely short, and there was a ten-mile long pavilion at the end of the bridge, and there were many people boiling tea or warm wine gathered together.

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"Baqiao", the first moment he saw the bridge, Tang Cheng, who was sitting on the horse, couldn't help but spit out these two words lightly, saying that this bridge was the first time he saw it. But as early as a thousand years later, it has long been heard of its name.

To say that the most famous bridge in the Tang Dynasty, it is probably the Baqiao located in front of Chang'an City ten miles away, this bridge is not surprising from a distance, but it is also a great victory in Chang'an, there has always been an official eunuch release, and most of the business travelers are sent off from this place, so by this bridge. For three hundred and sixty days a year, there is almost always a surge of people as in front of them.

And because of the side of the bridge, there are many poets who have sent off guests here, thus leaving countless farewell poems, after a hundred years of accumulation, the Baqiao is like the bronze bird platform built by Emperor Cao "Cao" of Wei Wu Emperor, has been abstracted into a specific cultural symbol by a simple wooden bridge, Tang Cheng stationed in front of the horse. I really feel the feeling of stepping into history.

Once you cross this bridge, you will officially enter Chang'an.

"The willow is smoky and the bridge is spring, and it climbs and folds for pedestrians every year", after stopping for a moment, these two poems suddenly appeared in my mind. Tang Cheng quietly enjoyed the scenery of the Baqiao for a while, and drove his horse forward, getting closer and closer, the noise in the distance could be faintly heard, but he saw that the willows on the side of the bridge in front were bare and had no branches.

There is no distance to send you. Youth goes to live with wicker

Willow "stay" homonym, because the willow tree is easy to live, "insert" the branch can be born, take the "stay" and hope that the traveler can be at peace with the encounter, over time it has become a custom, when the Tang people say goodbye to relatives and friends, whether there is something else to give, this wicker branch is indispensable. That's why. The willow branches on the side of the bridge will be so bare.

From the moment he saw Baqiao, Tang Cheng, who had been riding his horse all the way, tightened the reins of his horse, he walked very slowly and watched very carefully. For a traveler who studied ancient literature in later generations and had an infinite yearning for the Tang Dynasty, although Tang Cheng never admitted that he was a literati "sauh", but when he was about to step into Chang'an, he still could not hide the surging feelings of visiting the ancient times in his heart.

OK. OK! This bridge in front of me. There are also bare willow branches on the side of the Baqiao, as recorded in the history books of later generations, at the moment when the healthy horse under the crotch stepped on the Baqiao. Tang Cheng suddenly seemed to have personally walked into a thousand-year-old "Prosperous Chang'an Map", and the boring square words seen in later generations were all flowing vividly at this time.

After more than two years, Tang Cheng has unconsciously branded the Tang people in many aspects, so he will not make a fuss, when he went to Yangzhou at this time last year, although Wu Yujun described the sky of Yangzhou City as "chaotic" before he went, but Tang Cheng really saw it after seeing it in person, but it was also mediocre, and Yangzhou was known for its prosperity because of the Tang Dynasty. However, for Tang Cheng, who has been to Shanghai, Beijing and other places many times in later generations, if you want to talk about prosperity alone, Yangzhou at this time is really far inferior.

The feeling of going to Yangzhou was not agitated, but when he finally saw Chang'an City from a distance after walking across the Baqiao Bridge at this moment, Tang Cheng, who had also seen some big things in the world in later generations, couldn't help but feel a little shaken.

The reason for his mood was the city in front of him. The city in later generations has long since lost its city walls, and after passing through the Tang Dynasty, there are mostly small city walls, so when this Chang'an City, bathed in the morning sun, as long as 20 miles and 17 miles wide, suddenly appeared in front of Tang Cheng, the huge visual impact came majesticly.

Later generations were amazed when they saw the huge castles in the Lord of the Rings movies, but compared to the majestic city in front of them, the castles in "The Lord of the Rings" seemed as ridiculous as matchboxes. After years of erosion, those blue bricks have already become dark and dark, one thing is too big, especially the dark black "color" in front of you can always make people subconsciously have a sense of coercion in the visual, at this time Tang Chengcheng is this feeling.

It is no wonder that the history books explain that the Xi'an City in the Qing Dynasty was only one-seventh the size of Tang Chang'an, ***, large, the Chang'an City built up by pieces of blue bricks is too big, and this huge is dyed with the dark "color" washed out by time and the morning sun, the whole city has an inexplicable magnificent atmosphere of majesty and heavy vastness.

After crossing the Baqiao, Tang Cheng quietly stayed on the horse and watched for a long time, and then continued to move forward, walking for about ten miles, and the two of them had arrived outside the Mingde Gate, the largest of the twelve gates in Chang'an.

The Mingde Gate, which is several feet high, has five wide gates that can accommodate four carriages in parallel, and the various "color" people flow from it endlessly, but each goes its own way. At that time, the sun was rising, and the glow of ten thousand rays was sprinkled on the endless city wall, and the glazed gatehouse on the city gate was counter-"shooting" the golden glow of the debut, making the Chang'an in front of him suddenly transform into a magnificent golden city that should only appear in the wonderland of the fairy mountain, witnessing such a strange scene, Tang Cheng finally understood and intuitively felt the origin of the title of "Golden City".

Tang Cheng's performance was better. Outside the Mingde Gate, at this time, there are many people like Tang Cheng who came to Chang'an for the first time, all of them are stationed in the horse and do not enter, looking at the city wall and sighing, among them, there are even many different costumes of different races, bowing down in front of the city, and the mouth is called "miracles" endlessly.

Tang Cheng's "sex" is not frivolous. But when I saw the scene in front of me at this moment, I couldn't help but feel proud in my heart.

After checking the "passing place" at the city gate, passing through the city gate that is more than 50 meters long, the first place that appeared in front of Tang Cheng's eyes was Zhuque Street, which can be called the main street of the central axis of Chang'an City is more than 150 meters wide, which is twice as wide as Chang'an Street in front of the capital ****** in later generations, and this width is complementing the tall and towering city wall.

When he arrived in Chang'an, Tang Cheng's most intuitive feeling was. Everything you see in front of you seems to be large. And it is this kind of specific and micro size that supports the magnificent atmosphere of the entire Chang'an.

As soon as I entered the Mingde Gate and stepped on Suzaku Street, I was full of bustling crowds in front of me, and it was not an exaggeration to say that the cars were flowing like a dragon, and there were many scholars and other figures. Walking with square steps, walking with a solemn face; There are also the sons of the wealthy family who are freshly dressed and angry, and they roar away with a large group of servants, attracting the sideways of passers-by; Occasionally, he was dressed in a light fur coat. Turkic people with braided hair and black **** boots on their feet; Five Tianzhu people wearing earrings and shawl cloths; and the Hu people of Central Asia wearing small sleeved robes and fur hats embroidered with patterns and silk nets, passing proudly, and the passers-by are not surprised. In a short period of time, Tang Cheng has seen people from dozens of different countries coming and going on the streets of Chang'an.

"The capital of a thousand countries, the meteorology of provinces and cities, lives up to its name!". At this point, the Chang'an in the history books, the imaginary Chang'an and the Chang'an in front of him have merged into one in Tang Cheng's heart.

"Official, where are we staying?" , Laifu came out with Tang Cheng. He is responsible for the food, lodging and chores of the two. At this moment, he has arrived in Chang'an, and according to the qualifications of Tang Chengshan's Nandongdao Township Gongsheng, he can live in the place where the Ministry of Rites is resettled. It was Blessing who asked.

"There are one or two thousand scholars from all over the country who have come to take the exam, and the place arranged by the Ministry of Rites can be better there?" , Tang Cheng smiled and waved his hand, "Let's not go look for the uncomfortable one, pick up the Fang District near the Imperial City and find an inn."

When Tang Cheng and the others settled down in Daozheng Fang, which was only one street away from the imperial city, they found that almost eighty percent of the guests in the inn where they stayed were township tribute students who came from all over the country to take the exam.

When he didn't have a more detailed understanding of Chang'an, Tang Cheng didn't plan to see Li Longji, the king of Linzi County, because he didn't go to Zhang Liang, Yu Laifu took his bags and went to the guest room with Xiao Er, and walked into the inn Tang Cheng Shi Shiran walked into the inn with a wine shop.

The autumn wind rises from Weishui, and the fallen leaves are full of Chang'an. The weather was cold in late autumn and early winter, and the fish wine was out of season, but Sanle Pulp was at the right time. After ordering a bowl of syrup and a few snacks to accompany the wine, Tang Cheng drank on the seat by the window while listening to the casual gossip of the other gentlemen in the wine shop.

Tang Cheng listened to a few words and understood that these scholars in the wine shop were talking about this scientific expedition, and it was a thirty-year-old Confucian student not far from his seat who was talking at this moment, "Jing Yuan, you don't have to be like this, the Ministry of Rites has already made a list to explain, those Bingong students do not account for the number of our township tribute students."

After all, he is also a scholar, and Tang Cheng is still clear about this Binggong and Xianggong. At this time, the imperial examinations of the Ministry of Rites in the Tang Dynasty were open to the whole world, just like the admission of those well-known universities in later generations. Tang candidates like him were called "Xianggongsheng", and those candidates who applied to participate in the imperial examination of the Tang Dynasty from other countries were called "Binggong", which means that if these Bingong students could be examined, they would be awarded officials through the official department like Xianggongsheng. Therefore, there are many foreign officials with deep eyes and high noses in the various ministries of the Imperial City of Chang'an.

And among all the Binggong students, especially Fusang and Silla, there are more Binggong students in Japan, Korea and South Korea than in previous years, so these Xianggong students are inevitably worried that they will squeeze out the quota of the Ministry of Rites.

"That's right, but every year there are so many people in the Ministry of Rites, and there are more Binggong students. Naturally, there will be fewer tributes in our township. I don't know what the Ministry of Etiquette is thinking, but so many people have been put to take the exam", the young candidate who called Jingyuan angrily picked up the wine cup in front of him and drank it all, and then slammed it on the table, "And those Fusang and Silla people are really cheap, it's not good to stay on their bird island, what kind of excitement is coming to Chang'an?" ”。

"The gathering of all nations is the proof of the prosperity of our dynasty, Jingyuan. What you said is wrong", the words of the thirty-year-old scholar also attracted a lot of people in the wine shop, and Tang Cheng also intuitively felt the open-mindedness of these scholars.

After the thirty-year-old scholar said this, he smiled again: "I heard that the Ministry of Rites has given so many Bingong students this year, it is out of the intention of Empress Wei."

"Yes, the queen wants to show the prosperous weather, so as to prepare for her participation in the southern suburbs sacrifice ceremony next spring, in the sacrifice ceremony of tomorrow spring. Our queen is going to be the 'Yaxian'", the person who answered was a scholar sitting on the other side, and the scholar's sarcastic words just came out, and the audience was suddenly shocked.

"This brother, this ...... The ceremony of sacrificing to the heavens is the most masculine and rigid thing. Since ancient times, there has been a reason for the Yin body to serve as a canon? Not to mention the sacrifice to His Majesty the Emperor! The matter ...... But really? The question of the scholar next to him actually asked everyone's voice, and for a while, the entire wine shop was quiet. All eyes were on the scholar.

Not to mention that since ancient times, scholars have liked to pay attention to political affairs, and the Tang Dynasty, which had no ban on speech, is even more so, and this matter itself is too big.

"The major affairs of the country, in the worship and Rong", this sentence in the "Book of Shang" has been regarded as the golden rule by people since the Shang and Zhou dynasties, and the sacrifice and war are listed as the top priority in determining the rise and fall of a country, and its important "sex" and symbolic significance have been needless to say, especially the annual ceremony of sacrificing to the sky in the southern suburbs of the earth is the first of the three major sacrifices of the imperial court. The identity of the participants and the functions of each individual are almost onerous. The Son of Heaven is dedicated to the Lord, and the Son of Heaven holds the sacrifice to the place "Yaxian" since ancient times, the princes and nobles who are not the lords and nobles can not be served, and since the Tang Dynasty, most of the three princes who serve as Yaxian are the first products, and it has become a rule over time.

Although you are the queen, after all, she is a woman with a yin body, how can she serve as the priest to the sky? Not to mention that he is second only to the Son of Heaven in the ceremony?

This would have been indifferent to later generations, but in the eyes of the ancients. But it was as shocking as the sky collapsed.

"What's wrong with the Yin body?" The gentleman waited for everyone's eyes to be on him. He smiled and said: "I must have forgotten about the ranks, and I was appointed as the queen to serve as the priest of the Great Ceremony of Heaven and Heaven." Empress Wei of this dynasty is not the first person."

"Wu ...... After? ”。

"Yes, when Emperor Gaozong of the previous dynasty sacrificed to the heavens in the southern suburbs, Yaxian was appointed by Empress Zetianwu", the scholar gently shook the wine cup that had been drunk in his hand and said: "Speaking of which, our Empress Wei is just learning from her mother-in-law."

Hearing this, the quiet in the wine shop that was still lively and noisy just now became more and more silent, and after a long time, the Jing Yuan, who was just about to ask, sighed: "It's difficult, this dynasty is going to have a female son of heaven again?" ”。

When it comes to this topic, everyone doesn't know what to say for a while. As a result, the originally lively liquor shop became more and more silent and dreary. Since the founding of the Tang Dynasty for more than 100 years, the country is thriving, so far the four emperors of the Gaozu opened the country, Taizong is eloquent, although Gaozong and today are cowardly, can not be called a Ming monarch, but then born "sex" good, and the people are not harsh, it is because the Li Tang royal family at this time is very popular with the people, although there has been a female emperor, but it does not mean that people still want to produce another. This is especially true for those who are well-versed in Confucianism.

Heaven and earth, eternal reason; Hen Si Chen, not the blessing of the country!

In later generations, it is not new for women to become high-ranking officials, or even to become the head of state, and Tang Cheng does not feel anything about this. In addition, as a traverser, he also knew that Empress Wei had the thoughts of the emperor, so he was not surprised by this news, and what made him pay attention was the scholar who spread the news.

For example, Bai Juyi's "Song of Long Hatred" not only wrote about "The Han Emperor's heavy 'color' and thought of the country" and the sorrow of the royal family during the Ma Wei mutiny, but also wrote about the private relationship between Emperor Xuanzong and Yang Guifei.

However, even if the Tang Dynasty banned the opening of the matter, it was really not normal for a scholar who came to Beijing to participate in the scientific expedition to spread the matter in public. And in Tang Cheng's opinion, this gentleman's slightly provocative tone and rhythm when he spoke were clearly deliberate.

Looking at the reactions of the other scholars, it was obvious that they didn't know that Empress Wei was going to serve as the Sacrifice to the Heavens, and for such a major court matter, Yousi, who was in charge of the "operation", would never casually leak the news out, so the problem came out, how did this seemingly extremely ordinary scholar know that this should be the news in the operation of top secret? As a tribute student rushing for the exam, after knowing such a thing. The normal reaction should be to keep his mouth shut, at most to discuss a few words with his friends in private, why would he deliberately spread it so openly and deliberately?

With such a question, Tang Cheng also quietly followed out when he saw the scholar get up and leave.

"Let's go, sure enough, there are ghosts", Tang Cheng muttered to himself, and followed the scholar out of the inn.

Slow down, obscured by the crowd. Not long after, Tang Chengcheng saw that the scholar had turned into another wine shop.

This time, Tang Cheng didn't go in, but lingered at the door of the wine shop, and sure enough. Not long after, I faintly heard the voice of the scholar again, talking about Empress Wei's appointment as the Central Asian dedication of the Heaven Sacrifice Ceremony.

Soon after he finished speaking, the guy came out again. Tang Cheng continued to follow.

One ran and one followed, and in the following hours, Tang Cheng walked with this scholar to four wine shops and three tea houses in a row.

Seeing that it was almost noon, the scholars who came out of a teahouse finally stopped 'messing' and walked straight to Suzaku Street.

Seeing this, Tang Cheng quickened his steps, and waited for the guy to get into a Xuan car on the side of Suzaku Street. He also got to the front of the car.

Seeing that the curtain of this carriage was hanging low and he couldn't see anything, and the emperor was riding his horse to leave, Tang Cheng glanced at his side, and suddenly hit the right.

The people on Suzaku Street were very lively, and Tang Cheng suddenly collided, and the man in a short suit who was passing by him was caught off guard, and he hit the horse of the carriage sideways.

The horse was just starting when it was suddenly hit in the belly. Frightened, he shook his head and hooves in a "chaotic" jump. The chariot pulled by the horses was also carried to the left and right.

As soon as the emperor settled his horse, he saw the curtain on the carriage open. A person came out and shouted and scolded: "Straight thief, Zhao Gouzi, you have itchy skin!" ”。

Seeing this person, Tang Cheng's eyes suddenly lit up, and he took a step forward and said with a smile: "This brother Tai, I accidentally startled my foot on the ground, please forgive me for the offense", between speaking, Tang Cheng hugged his fists and bowed.

The man looked at Tang Cheng again, and saw that he was well-dressed and didn't look like a person with no background, and he was respectful in apology, so he didn't have another attack, and after throwing out the sentence "next time he walks with eyes", he put down the curtain of the car with a hula.

Immediately, after the royal man glanced at the short-beaten man and Tang Cheng, he rode his horse and drove away.

When Tang Chengzheng looked at the running carriage with a smile on his face, he felt that his arm was tight, and the short man who was hit by him just now had already grabbed him tightly.

"You are so unreasonable...... the short beater with an angry face just said a sentence, but the latter words were blocked by Tang Cheng's other hand showing two flying tickets.

"This is with you, take the money and go", as soon as Tang Cheng finished speaking, the short man grabbed the fly ticket in his hand and left, until he walked out of the distance, he stopped, looked down carefully at the fly ticket in his hand, and then turned back to Tang Cheng.

, No wonder the right eye kept jumping last night, and there was a fortune from heaven today!

The short-beaten man was happy, and Tang Cheng was also happy, because the person who came out of the carriage just now happened to be the old man he had seen in Yangzhou.

Xue Dong! Xue Chongjian, the eldest son of Princess Taiping of Zhenguo, is the one who was beaten to death after being calculated by Tang Cheng in Yangzhou and entered the Zoroastrian Temple.

When he was in Yangzhou last year, although Tang Cheng and Wu Yujun visited Xue Dong together, because this guy was too bullish, he only sent a housekeeper out to greet them, because the two had never met in person, so it was not surprising that he couldn't recognize Tang Cheng.

It is a small world! As soon as he arrived in Chang'an, Tang Cheng didn't expect that the first old man he met would be Xue Dong.

Now that he saw Xue Dong in this carriage, there was no suspense about the people behind the Shizi's back.

As the youngest daughter who is most favored by Gaozong and Wu Zetian, Princess Taiping of Zhenguo has wanted to be the emperor for more than a day or two, and it seems that she really can't allow this Li Tang Jiangshan to fall into the hands of another woman who is not her.

The history books clearly record that the palace rebellion that deposed Empress Wei as a concubine and killed Shangguan Wan'er was jointly launched by Princess Taiping and Li Longji's aunt and nephew, and now as Empress Wei's purpose becomes clear step by step, Princess Taiping finally began to do it.

So! At this moment, Li Longji, who is the king of Linzi County, should also be in a hurry......