Chapter 283: Chang'an! I'll go back someday

Zhang Xiangwen couldn't be more casual in front of Tang Cheng, he looked around at the leather tent for a while, then sat down and pouted: "Although these Xi barbarians can't compare with our Tang people in other food, clothing and housing, but to say that fiddling with the tent is really good, I was worried that the eldest brother was uncomfortable living on the grassland in the cold, but now I see that except for being stuffy, the others are not bad, so I will be able to talk back in front of my sister-in-law after I go back this time."

Tang Cheng and Zheng Lingyi, who stayed in Longmen, and his parents in Huairong City, Fuzhou, all had regular correspondence, so that he was not unfamiliar with Zheng Lingyi's situation, and according to his original idea, he would wait for the business to be discussed and then ask by the way, at this time, he heard Zhang Xiangwen take the initiative to mention it first, so he also asked: "Your sister-in-law always reports good news and not bad news every time she writes to me, and now I just want to ask you, how is she in Longmen?" ”。

After Tang Cheng's questioning came out, he remembered that every time he sent a letter to Zheng Lingyi, he didn't report good news but not bad news, he always only picked up good things to say, but he didn't mention the danger or hardship. On this point alone, the husband and wife are really related.

"My sister-in-law is really a good sister-in-law, I have accepted her great affection during this time, more than 20,000 Tang people in the East Valley outside the city want to build houses and relocate, which is so trivial and exhausting, if there is no sister-in-law over there to support the orderly cooking, I have just taken over the county affairs is in a hurry and can't take care of it, to say that tired is really tired, but looking at my sister-in-law's temperament is not bad, and her spirit is enough", Zhang Xiangwen said that Zheng Lingyi's face returned to the positive "color", and the words and sentences were indeed sincere, "Big brother is big brother, The sister-in-law I found is extraordinary, don't look at the sister-in-law is a woman's family, if you want to talk about the prestige among the people of Donggu now, I can't catch up with it."

"You have also learned the "Mulan Poem" in Hanle Mansion, who said that women must be inferior to men", Tang Cheng leaned against the small few next to him and sat more comfortably and said with a smile: "As long as she is in good spirits, she will be tired, if she is forced to do things, she will be uncomfortable even if she rests."

"Hey, how is the eldest brother's words exactly the same as what my sister-in-law said to me a few days ago", Zhang Xiangwen lost his shape again, hehe smiled, "Towering ambition is in the mountains, Yangyang is in the flowing water, the eldest brother and sister-in-law are really high mountains and flowing water, and the bosom friend is ...... with one heart."

Seeing Zhang Xiangwen like this, Tang Cheng couldn't help but think of the two of them in Yunxi County when they first met, at that time this guy was a bad guy, and now after such a long time, it is still like this.

Tang Cheng thought of these, and then looked at Zhang Xiangwen, who was a thief who had no heart and no lungs to laugh, and a warm feeling was born in his heart, things are not people, with the change of his identity over the years, the people around him have more or less changed when facing him, even if the relationship is as close as Tang Xuan, it is inevitable that there is only this second brother who has not changed around him.

This Zhang Xiangwen is really a confidant worthy of a lifetime of deep friendship!

Thinking like this in his heart, Tang Cheng raised his hand and waved a smile and scolded: "Your sister-in-law is not here, don't talk about it anymore, let's get down to business, well, why did you come here this time."

After saying the nonsense, Zhang Xiangwen smiled and then his face returned to his positive "color", "I came to be a messenger this time."

"The Courier?" , This answer was really surprising, Tang Cheng's body leaned forward, "Who?" ”。

"Zhang Liang of Chang'an East Palace, Lord Zhang Mingzhi", Zhang Xiangwen got up and refilled Tang Cheng's wine, "When Lord Zhang wrote the letter, he didn't know where the eldest brother was in Raole, so he passed it to me for transfer, and he also sent a letter to his younger brother."

Zhang Liang! Hearing this, Tang Cheng was really a little puzzled, okay, if you want to say that there is no movement, there is no movement at all, when you don't want to, but you come one after another. Just after reading the prince's letter to Jia Zixing, Zhang Liang popped out again in a blink of an eye. However, since Zhang Liang is "worried" about this side of the matter, Tianchengjun can take care of it together, how can Li Longji take action in person?

Picking up the wine and taking a sip, Tang Cheng thought about it for a while and figured out the joints, although Zhang Liang is the prince's confidant, but his current job quality is not high, if he writes a letter to Jia Zixing in his name, I am afraid that not only will he not receive the expected results, but it will be self-defeating.

"What did he say?".

"It's sealed, it's up to the eldest brother to see it himself," Zhang Xiangwen said, taking out a letter from his personal side.

Tang Cheng took the letterhead but didn't look at it, and casually put it on the small table next to him and asked Zhang Xiangwen: "You said that he also gave you a letter?" What is said above? ”。

After Zhang Liang drank all the warm wine, he didn't use a hand towel, he wiped the wine from the corner of his mouth, "The three-page paper says one, let me, the Longmen County Order, do everything possible to keep the safety of my eldest brother and his family, saying that as long as this task can be completed, even if Longmen County lets Xi people burn it clean, it will not hinder my future."

On the same day, Zhang Xiangwen went to Chang'an to take the law department, Tang Chengcheng was looking for Zhang Liang to help in the middle, and Zhang Liang was very clear about the relationship between him and Zhang Xiangwen.

After all, no one in this world wants to be an outcast after hard work.

"He's very generous!" Tang Cheng muttered in his mouth and opened Zhang Liang's letterhead.

The first half of Zhang Mingzhi's letter is to explain the background of his appointment as an official Rao Le Sima, as well as the constraints and helplessness suffered by the crown prince Li Longji in this matter, and only then did Tang Chengfang understand the details of the transfer of the officials. But to understand is to understand, he doesn't think much about this now, anyway, everyone has already come, and the most dangerous and difficult time has passed, so it's not interesting to talk about this now.

It wasn't until he saw the second half of the letterhead that Tang Cheng suddenly came to his senses, what he was talking about was the change in the situation of the dynasty, and it was Kong Qi and others who instigated this change who persuaded Li Longji to get back to Chang'an.

Today's son, that is, the former Anguo Prime Minister Li Dan, like his brother Li Xian and his father Gaozong Li Zhi, although he is really not good at the emperor's errand because of his "sexual" cowardice, he is not bad in himself, which is especially manifested in the consideration of old feelings. After a few years of exile, although Kong Qi and others were already separated from Li Dan, they had actually known each other for a long time, especially Kong Qi, who had been Li Dan's companion in his early years, and his uncle in the family had a mentor and apprenticeship with Li Dan.

Li Dan naturally understood why Kong Qi and the others were exiled, and seeing that he had not seen him for three or two years, this old minister who was a famous scholar was already full of life, and he was more than ten years older than before he was exiled from Beijing, and Li Dan was also embarrassed in his heart. Even if it is difficult for others to say, he is clear about Kong Jue's knowledge, prestige, ability, and loyalty to the imperial court.

Such a Shilin leader, the descendant of Confucius Sheng, would have the intention of rebelling? Li Dan won't believe this, in Kong Jue's heart, I'm afraid that the reputation of the family is more important than the official position, such a person, even if you put a knife on his neck, he won't rebel, in the final analysis, he is just affected by the former abolished prince.

With such thoughts, Li Dan was gentle when he met with Kong Qi and other courtiers who had returned to Beijing, and then returned the mansion and conferred the official title as it should be, and it was in this matter that the emperor showed a rare dictatorship, and resolutely rejected the idea of placing Kong Qi in the Ministry of Rites in the Political Affairs Hall, and appointed him to take over the post of Zhongcheng in the imperial history who had just become vacant due to Ding Wei.

In the temple supervisors of the various ministries in Chang'an, the status of the chief speaker of the imperial history platform does not need to be said, it is precisely because its status is too important, so the political hall will strongly oppose it, at this time, five of the seven prime ministers in the political hall are from the gate of the princess of Taiping, and the "manipulation" behind this matter is self-evident.

It is said that after Princess Taiping heard that Kong Jue took over the imperial history platform was a foregone conclusion, she smashed a Persian glass bottle that she had always liked in the house, and even scolded the old lady of the previous imperial history in the vague words.

Facts have proved that Princess Taiping's anger is indeed prescient, Kong Jue took office in the imperial history of the first impeachment of the princess Taiping in the town of the country, the old gentleman in the fold first quoted the classics to a theory of heaven and yang, dry men and women, and then listed the first two dynasties of the dragon queen and Wei Shu people to interfere in politics as a woman, and logically came to the conclusion that "hen Si Chen, ominous in the sky", at the end of the chapter is directly stated that Princess Taiping should stay away from the government.

Kong Jue has the right to play as a member of the imperial history, not to mention that the political hall is to press down this concerto, and even before this I have not seen it, a stone stirs up a thousand waves, under the current situation, in the context of the power of Princess Taiping, this concert of Confucius Lao Tzu really has the effect of breaking the earth, although the emperor Li Dan will keep this recital in the middle of the book, but its hot content is as fast as the wings spread throughout the imperial city, and then spread throughout Chang'an, the officials of the imperial city and the temple supervisors were stunned, silent like a cicada at the same time, Chang'an Shilin also talked about this piece as if he had been beaten with chicken blood.

In fact, what Kong Qi said in the recital is something that many people have thought about, but before that, there were not many people who dared to pick out the words in such a large public, and even if there were, it was because of the humble official position and the fact that it was difficult to hear the sky, and it did not have a big impact. When Kong Jue was angry, with his official position and prestige, this topic, which was strongly suppressed by Princess Taiping, was instantly turned under the sun and let people comment.

The more comments are made, the weaker the foundation of Princess Taiping's power, after all, thousands of years of political tradition does not allow women to be involved in national affairs, even if it is as strong as Wu Zetian after decades of arrangement to grasp the power, in the end he still suffered a palace change when he was old and sick and lost control of the government, not to mention the "chaos" of the first dynasty and then the "chaos", but it happened more than a year ago. Princess Taiping also knows this, and she is trying her best to entrap Shilin while controlling the government, and on the other hand, she tries to suppress and dilute this topic, hoping to finally achieve her mother's step.

It should be said that Princess Taiping's operation was still very successful before this, but it is a pity that the appearance of Kong Jue ruined her many years of operation, and when her struggle for power with Li Longji reached a critical juncture, with this movement, the weakness that she had tried to hide and could not be remedied was unconcealed.

This piece of torn window paper was a sharp and far-reaching blow to Princess Taiping. And the situation that seemed calm on the surface before was also made up of confusion because of this recital.

Previously, because Li Longji's foundation was too shallow, he could only occupy a defensive position in the court battle with Princess Taiping, but with this uncontrolled movement, His Royal Highness the Prince's prestige skyrocketed several times for a while, but like Princess Taiping, Li Longji was also not mentally prepared for Kong Jue's sudden hand.

Before the afterglow of surprise dissipated, Donggong Yimai suddenly felt fear, fearing that if the situation changed too strongly, it would stimulate Princess Taiping to take risks.

Tang Cheng understood that for Li Longji, he hoped that the current situation would be stable, although he was in a weak position in the battle, but this was because the time he had risen was too short, he needed time to develop and consolidate his power, and with each passing day, his strength would increase. In this case, if Princess Taiping is "forced" too much and desperately uses violence to break the situation, it will not be beneficial to Li Longji.

According to the original process of history, Princess Taiping initiated the palace change after Li Dan's throne and Li Longji's accession to the throne, and the fledgling Li Longji did not spend too much effort to successfully pacify the palace change, and then successfully took over all the political hands to create a prosperous world in the Kaiyuan Dynasty.

Things in the world are always intimately connected. Kong Jue's appearance is a variable, a variable that did not exist in the original history, and was flapped with the wings of Tang Cheng, a traverser, and for this double-edged sword-like variable, not only Princess Taiping was afraid, but Li Longji was also afraid.

Li Longji tried his best to control the variable of Kong Jue in his hands, but when he really did it, he suddenly found that this was almost an impossible task, the typical Kong Jue of the descendants of the saint is a person made of special materials, as long as he thinks he should do something, he will work hard to do it, his words and deeds are subject to the "teachings of the sage", not power, for people with this special material, the usual easy to use the trapping, coercion and coercion are all in vain.

The mighty cannot be bent, the rich and noble cannot be "lewd", and the poor and lowly cannot be moved, this is a great husband! Kong Jue was like this when he faced Princess Taiping, and he was the same when he was facing Li Longji.

In desperation, the East Palace, which was afraid that the court would be detonated, thought of Tang Cheng, after all, Kong Jue's smooth return to Beijing this time was the result of his central planning, and Master Kong never concealed his praise for Tang Cheng in front of the small Longmen County, according to the officialdom rules of the Tang Dynasty, the five-grade officials and above have the right to inspect the talents of the imperial court.

This recital recounts the various changes in Longmen County before and after Tang Cheng's appointment, and fully affirms his ability to govern, and at the end of the recital, it is strongly recommended that the imperial court should make good use of the people and transfer Tang Cheng back to the Chang'an Household Department to serve.

Tang Cheng's transfer from Longmen County to Rao Le Sima was out of divine will, and Kong Jue's recital was naturally left in the middle again, but Li Longji saw Kong Jue's appreciation of Tang Cheng from this recital, and Zhang Mingzhi even had an idea: Maybe Tang Cheng can help persuade the old man who doesn't want to enter the oil and salt?

In addition, what Zhang Liang said in this letter is that Tang Cheng should be mentally prepared, with Kong Jue's music as the foundation, Donggong will take the opportunity to exert his strength, maybe he can find an opportunity to get him out of Raole.

Seeing Zhang Xiangwen, who was sitting on the side, staring at him blankly, Tang Cheng handed him the letter after reading it, and then Gu Zi fell into deep thought.

Kong Jue's return to Beijing is the result of his "manipulation" in the middle, which has never happened in the original history, if it is according to the inherent line of history, the rehabilitation of the former prince is a long time later, and naturally there will be no such thing as returning to Beijing after the ministers return to Beijing, so Rao is Tang Cheng, as a traveler who knows historical events, never thought that such a thing would happen.

At the beginning, he wanted to get Kong Jue and others back to Chang'an, and his selfish idea was to bury a force that could be used as an aid for Austria in the court, judging from Kong Jue's recommendation, this purpose was achieved, but unexpectedly he was able to stir up such a big storm at the beginning of his return to the court.

The wind of this wing fan is not small! Tang Cheng smiled a little, he could bring so much trouble to Princess Taiping and Li Longji, and he vented a lot of resentment in his heart because of the transfer of Rao Le Sima.

After reading the letter, Zhang Xiangwen on the side laughed out loud, "Old Man Kong is Old Man Kong, old and strong." He was able to recommend the eldest brother, and it was not in vain that we served carefully when we were in Longmen County that day."

"Knowing that he can't do it, the gentleman's officer, take its righteousness, no matter what, this old man is a real gentleman", Tang Cheng sighed again and again after saying this: "It's a pity, the gentleman is always unstable in the court." I'm afraid that Old Man Kong won't be able to do it for a few days."

"What does the eldest brother mean by this", Zhang Xiangwen shook the letterhead in his hand, "Lord Zhang doesn't want the eldest brother to help persuade him."

"To be able to give birth to such an idea, Zhang Mingzhi either doesn't know the person, or he is in a hurry to go to the doctor, if he changes his mind after being persuaded by others, then it is still Kong Jue?" , Tang Cheng shook his head and chuckled: "Besides, his request is useless at all, from Chang'an to here, how long does it take for the messengers to go back and forth?" Even if I really wrote a letter of persuasion to the old man, not to mention that the persuasion is useless, even if it is useful, by the time I get to Beijing, the old man Kong will have already changed his position."

Zhang Xiangwen really didn't understand why the eldest brother was so sure that Kong Jue would definitely lose his official position in the imperial history, so he asked closely.

Looking at the essence through the complicated phenomena, after several years of officialdom, Tang Cheng's observation of political events has long been non-Wuxia Ameng, and he naturally has a calm self-confidence in his answer, "This is not simple, now the real people in charge of affairs in the Chang'an court are actually three people, Your Majesty is one, Princess Taiping and Her Royal Highness the Prince are the other two, the old man is so troubled, it is not only the Princess Taiping and His Royal Highness the Prince who are uncomfortable, but I am afraid that even His Majesty now regrets that he should not be placed in the position of the Imperial History." Since it makes these three feel uncomfortable, do you think that Old Man Kong can still sit in the seat of the Imperial History? Therefore, I cannot write this letter of persuasion, and even if it is written, it is written in vain."

Tang Cheng spent a lot of thought on Kong Qi and the others, Zhang Xiangwen also understood, and when he heard this, he was anxious, "That old man Kong ......."

"Don't worry, although the position of Cheng in the imperial history can't be kept, but the old man Kong will not be driven out of the court", Tang Cheng, who had been sitting for too long, stood up and slowly moved his hands and feet in the leather tent, and said eloquently: "He was exiled and returned to Beijing, and now although he has made His Majesty unhappy, he has not said that he will cut his official position to the end, even if His Majesty really has this intention, there is no reason, after all, there is no problem with his recital." It is difficult to convince the public to belittle the minister for no reason, and this person today does not have the courage. ”

"Besides, although the old man has caused trouble for the prince, but it has brought a lot of benefits, if the East Palace sits back and watches Kong Jue lose his position and does not save it, it will be chilling, and more importantly, the prince also needs Kong Jue to stay in the court to suppress Taiping's influence in Shilin, Shilin's style reviews usually look useless, but it is a fatal flaw for Taiping, who was born as a woman but wants to be the emperor, and the prince will not sit idly by. And Taiping can't work too hard in this matter, if she suppresses Kong Jue too much, her good reputation in Shilin for many years will collapse faster, and the gains outweigh the losses! Therefore, it is certain that Old Man Kong will not be able to sit firmly in the imperial history, but he will not be expelled from the court again, if I expect it to be good, it is just a change of position. And nine times out of ten, he will be transferred to the Ministry of Rites, and his status is not only respectful, but he can only manage some sacrificial rituals and imperial examinations, which is also deserved."

"As long as you don't lose your official position and don't leave the court", after going to this worry, Zhang Xiangwen immediately thought of another thing mentioned in Zhang Liang's letter, "The big brother ...... back to Beijing."

"Taiping is only afraid that he hates Kong Jue to the core, I am the initiator and the person recommended by Kong Jue, can she allow me to go back? Zhang Mingzhi is too taken for granted", Tang Cheng shook his head with a smile, "Then again, even if the officials really want to recruit me back now, I can only be stubborn." The current Chang'an is not easy to stay, Kong Sheng also said that if a gentleman does not stand under the dangerous wall, it is better for me to come calmly in Raole, and besides, I can't bear to give up the good situation here."

Hearing this, Zhang Xiangwen nodded, "What the eldest brother said is that it's just a pity, that's Chang'an!" ”。

"Chang'an! I will go back one day", Tang Cheng's voice was clear and calm, "Shi Eun is sinister, sometimes retreat in order to better advance, don't say these useless, let's take care of these Xi barbarians in front of me first."

After finishing the business, Tang Cheng ordered someone to invite Qizhi, and ordered someone to set up a wine banquet, since he entered Raole, he has been tired for days, and today is an opportunity to relax.

As soon as the order was finished, the cavalry of the Tiancheng Army on duty outside the tent came in and said that the envoys of Tuduo and Phuntsok were urgently asking for a meeting outside the tent.

Just wanted to relax when this happened, Tang Cheng's mood was still better, and he said with a calm face: "No, let them go back to the tent and stay alive."

After a while, Qiori, who was carefully dressed up after grooming, walked in with An Lushan, who was dressed in a dance costume.

"Who are those two Xi Hu outside the tent? It's really pitiful to look at the leather tent with a blank eye, if the husband has official business but takes care of it first, it doesn't hurt me to wait, it's not good to abolish the public because of private affairs."

There were no idlers in the tent, Tang Cheng smiled and took Qizhi's hand, "You are reasonable, but I deliberately hung the two people outside, and I want to see them after all, but it's not yet hot." Come, don't talk about these spoiling things, it's rare to get together, and today we will gather to sing and dance, not drunk or disperse."

Silk and bamboo, staggered, dressed in bright dance costumes An Lushan danced on a square felt carpet with the vigorous drum music, the history books are indeed not wrong, this guy does have the talent to dance the Hu Xuan dance, but after a few months of training by Qiweaving, his dancing posture is a little more free and charm than the last time he saw it, and over time, the ten-year expectations that Qiweaving made on it that day have not been realized.

After dancing a song of Hu Xuanjian, Tang Cheng stroked his palms and praised it, and he encouraged Xiao An Lushan without hesitation in all kinds of beautiful words, so that Zhang Xiangwen was a little apprehensive when he heard it, and half-truths joked that the two had been worshipping for several years, but I had never heard the eldest brother praise me so much.

Seeing this, An Lushan's eyes were brighter with sweaty forehead, and while he was doubly grateful to Tang Cheng in his heart, he also became more and more determined to be a "Tang Dance God" in ten years, otherwise how could he be worthy of Lord Tang, who had favored him since they first met?

The people are beautiful, the wine is beautiful, and the dance is also beautiful, just when the atmosphere of this small feast reached the highest "tide", Tu Yeji walked in from outside and whispered to Tang Chengyu: "My lord, Domochi of Domobu is here, please see you outside the tent!" ”。