Chapter 200: Three Matters of the Imperial Meeting

Seeing that it was Zhang Xiang coming in, Zhang Liang immediately got up and greeted him, "Brother, Wujian is here." ”

Hearing this, Tang Cheng got up with a smile and arched his hand to Zhang Xiang and said, "I've seen Master Zhang."

Zhang Xiang, who came into the room, returned the salute to Tang Cheng, and reluctantly "revealed" a smile on his face, "Okay, I heard Your Royal Highness and the younger brother mention you many times, and they all say that you are a young talent, feel free."

Because he wanted to speak purely, Zhang Liang didn't leave anyone outside the study, "Brother, Yuan Zhengri's great court meeting is just a routine article, what other big thing can make you angry like this?" As he spoke, he handed over the poured tea.

"Hmph", Zhang Xiang took the tea cup handed over and slammed it on the table next to him, "Why is there no big event, every pile at today's court meeting is a big deal."

When Zhang Liang was about to say something, Tang Cheng on the side took over the conversation with a smile and said to him: "Mingzhi, first order the kitchen to send some food, anyone who participates in the court meeting will get up early, and if you get up too early, you may not have an appetite, and after such a long time, Lord Zhang must be hungry, so it is good to make up for it first." In addition, it is also serious to find someone to serve Lord Zhang to change out of court clothes, such a solemn and upright body, not to mention that Lord Zhang is wearing it, even we feel tired when we look at it. ”

Hearing this, Zhang Liang stroked his forehead and blamed himself: "It's still thoughtful and thoughtful", even Zhang Xiang smiled when he heard it, "It's serious to change clothes, as for eating, second brother, you don't have to bother too much, just have a bowl of hot soup cakes, just put more green onions, it's okay to say nothing, I really feel a little hungry for this."

With Tang Cheng's "insertion" of words, the atmosphere in the room improved a lot, and when Zhang Xiang came out with his regular clothes, he obviously lost the excitement just now.

Zhang Liang changed him another cup of hot tea and handed it over, "Big brother, what happened at the court?" ”。

"According to the court rituals. Yuan Zhengri will be the ministers of the court after the spring, when the palace serves the imperial history to report the world auspicious, the emperor is virtuous, and the sky descends auspicious Rui to Jiazhi, this auspicious rui has always been born in response to the Son of Heaven, who dares to transgress? But it's good today, all the piles and piles are going to the queen", Zhang Xiang took a sip of tea and continued: "First of all, it is from the auspicious Rui of Zhitai Shishi Jia Ye Zhizhong, saying that he has often listened to children's songs in Chang'an City recently. The first two lines of this ballad are 'Sang Tiao Wei Ye, Female Shi Wei Ye', ridiculous, have you ever heard such a ballad? ”。

Children's ballads are nothing in later generations, but in ancient China they are very remarkable, and such ballads must be spread all over the world when there is a change of dynasty in the "troubled" world, and "Eighteen Sons" is one of the most famous examples, because the ballad is the easiest to sing orally. It is also the most convincing by the ordinary people as the edict of heaven, because it is really powerful to subdue the people. Because of this, there are many imitations, and over time, making nursery rhymes has become a very powerful killing trick in weft rafting.

It is precisely because of this that the imperial courts of all dynasties have strictly supervised this. Once it was found that there was a person who created this ballad, he would be punished as the first of the ten rebels for treason, but he didn't expect that this Tang Dynasty would actually publish the ballad of Queen Wei.

"Brother, can this be true?" After Zhang Liang said a sentence, he muttered the two ballads of "Sangtiao Wei Ye, Female Shi Wei Ye", all such ballads have to take a detour to understand its meaning, so as to pretend to be a profound and clumsy method to fool the people.

"Mingzhi, don't think about it, Wei Nai is the queen's surname, the queen is in charge of silkworms, and Sang Tiao Wei should also praise the queen's mother and the world. Raising silkworms in person, planting mulberry to teach the world's "women", together to understand that the queen's virtue has been recognized by God, Lord Zhang, I don't know if I can understand it? Seeing Zhang Xiang nodding, Tang Cheng smiled and said: "This word is really clumsy, it is far worse than the "Charming Niang" sung by the world before the queen established a pseudo-dynasty. ”

"It doesn't matter what the word is. The important thing is that you are missing this last sentence. Before the first queen came to the dynasty to weigh the system, "Charming Niang" had spread all over the world. The people of Qianshou are all vying to sing. At today's court meeting, Naga Ye Zhizhong also presented 12 "Sangwe Songs", which are sung all over the world, Your Majesty...... It turned out that the palace was approved! ”。

"Wei's is clearly testing the hearts of the people, and then collecting the hearts of the people, Your Majesty ......", Zhang Liang's words were really unable to be said again, and finally came down to the long sigh of the elder brother just now.

Seeing them like this, Tang Cheng couldn't help but sigh, the lessons of the previous dynasties, the present and the future are just painting cats and tigers, such an obvious trick Fang Jinzi turned a blind eye, and it was really interesting to be the emperor when he was on his job.

"More than that, after that, there was Wei Dang who turned out the old things of the colorful auspicious clouds in the palace last year, saying that the colorful auspicious clouds rising in the queen's dress are auspicious signs from the sky, and the edict should be passed on to the painter to draw the "auspicious cloud map" to remember, His Majesty also approved, and when the palace decreed that this picture was first circulated in the imperial city, and then drew a number of copies throughout the world Daozhou", Zhang Xiang said the lower his voice, "At most, it will not take two months, and the people of the world should know that the queen is auspicious."

At this point, Tang Cheng and Zhang Liang were completely speechless, and listened to Zhang Xiang continue, "After the auspicious incident, Wei Dang then went to a book, saying that on the day of Yuanzheng, please add the honorific title to His Majesty and the Empress, as usual, the palace is approved, and now His Majesty has been respected as the Emperor of Yingtian Shenlong, and the Empress is respected as the Holy Empress of Shuntianyi."

At this moment, the next person sent the soup cake, that is, the hand-rolled dough in the later generations, Zhang Liang personally took the soup cake and handed it to Zhang Xiang, and said in a sullen voice: "What an emperor and queen, how similar is it to the emperor and queen of heaven who were called Emperor Gaozong and Empress Zetian in the previous dynasty?" ”。

At this time, the scholar pays attention to everything when he eats, and he is silent, and when Zhang Xiang eats noodles, the study is quiet for a while, Tang Cheng plays with the tea cup in his hand and analyzes the information just now, compared to what he heard when he first came to Chang'an, Wei Hou's steps are obviously getting bigger and bigger.

Taking advantage of the high-level vacancies that arose in the former abolition of the Taigong Incident, Empress Wei successively stuffed his clansmen Wei Wen, Wei Anshi, Wei Juyuan, and the cronies Zong Chuke who were received from Wu Sansi into the political affairs hall, so that there are as many as seven or eight people in the political affairs hall who are now ranked as prime ministers, and the political affairs hall is already like this, not to mention the other clansmen who have been placed in the imperial city's various ministries and temple supervisors. After more than a year of adjusting and completing the arrangement of internal affairs, Empress Wei's immediate big move was the removal of General Yulin more than a month ago, and the generals of the two guards and four armies of Yulin were all removed overnight.

One internal affairs, one military affairs are arranged on both sides, but this is relative to the whole world, after all, it is only in Chang'an. But after these two things were arranged, taking advantage of the first court meeting after the New Year, Empress Wei officially began to expand outward. Originally, it was only spread in the Chang'an Imperial Palace, and the auspicious fortune of the queen was spread all over the world, and at this time, the local people had no immunity to these songs, runes, colorful auspicious clouds, and other things, and it was spread through the formal channels of the imperial court, which added to the credibility of the official "color" color, and the people just couldn't believe it if they wanted to. At the same time, the edict of the queen and the queen of heaven was promulgated again in the world...... Isn't this a living Tang Dynasty version of the god-making movement!

In the past, I didn't have a high evaluation of Empress Wei in history books, and some people wanted to write her as a fool. But after personally crossing over to Tang to witness her arrangement one after another, first the court and then the feather forest, first the inner and then the outer ring, Tang Cheng really scoffed at the statements in the history books of later generations, can a woman do this, and a fool can come out?

Now I will look at the southern suburbs sacrifice ceremony, look at the arrangement of Empress Wei, as long as you participate in this ceremony. Even if the aura of "Mandate of Heaven" on her head is firmly put on in front of the subjects of the world, it also means that all her preliminary arrangements have been completed, when will it be launched after that......

Damn, I knew that I would go through such a time, and it will be difficult to find a job in the future when I study history. When I went to university, I had to apply for this department!

Seeing that Zhang Xiang's bowl of noodle soup was finished, Tang Cheng asked a crucial question, "Is the time for today's ceremony to worship the heavens in the southern suburbs of the court meeting?" ”。

Putting down the bowl, Zhang Miao was about to answer, when footsteps came from outside the study. Immediately, someone came to report that the Third Highness had arrived.

"Dongbo, I heard Wang 'Mao' Zhong say that you went west after leaving the Vermilion Bird Gate, so I knew that you must have arrived here in Mingzhi, and sure enough", Li Longji said to Zhang Xiang with a smile, then turned his head and said: "Wuqian is also here, this is a coincidence."

Tang Cheng smiled when he heard this. Zhang Xiang replied: "After the dispersal of the dynasty, the subordinates saw that His Royal Highness was traveling with several other Royal Highnesses of the Prime Minister's Palace, and they knew that there was something, so they left first."

"Once a year, I go to give a salute to my uncles and aunts, as long as the eldest brother is there, it doesn't matter if the king doesn't go, it's because he will slip away first after running the two families", at this point, Li Longji waved his hand with a smile and said: "Go." Talking in the house".

Because what I just said is too worrying. The atmosphere between Tang Cheng and the three of them was a little dull, and Li Longji, who was heroic, came. Lang Lang smiled and diluted the original dull atmosphere in the study a lot.

Since they have met for so long, Tang Cheng has seen Li Longji as a very young man from all over the world, and every time they meet, he can feel his heartiness and sincerity, so Tang Cheng summed up another advantage of him, that is, he has a strong affinity.

Li Longji is Tang Cheng's investment target with all his net worth, so every time he has the opportunity to meet, Tang Cheng always seizes the opportunity to observe and analyze, has great ambitions, dares to take the lead, can humbly accept words, coupled with a strong affinity, although the current situation is not good, Tang Cheng has added more confidence through Li Longji's observation.

After Wu Zetian of the previous dynasty wantonly killed the Li Tang clan, there are not many of the older generation left, and most of them are a group of people who are like King Xiang, and the only outstanding princess Taiping is still a woman. The older generation has no fingers, and the younger generation is mostly frightened by the clan killing witnessed in their childhood, and they all think about how to avoid disasters at a young age, the most typical example is Li Longji's eldest brother Li Chengqi. In this case, among the two generations of men in the entire royal family, Li Longji is indeed a figure who stands out from the crowd, and it is worth investing in this person.

When Tang Cheng was thinking about this, Zhang Liang asked softly, "What is the matter with Your Highness looking for your subordinates?" ”。

"This king wants to arrange a few horse races in the near future, and the list will be discussed with Dongbo and Youqiu and others, and as for this matter, Lao Mingzhi will be affected."

"Ma Yu Race", hearing this name, Tang Cheng immediately reacted that Li Longji's move was a drunkard's intention not to drink, and at that time, playing Ma Yu had become a popular sport all over the world because of the preferences and advocacy of the Son of Heaven, and even Tang Cheng himself practiced it when he was in school in Shannan. This is already the case in Shannan, and the prosperity of Chang'an is not to mention.

In the month of the Great Month, it is really inconvenient to visit people everywhere as Li Longji, and it is much more normal to interact with the target through such a horse race, in the horse race between Datang and Tubo last year, Datang defeated the opponent with four to ten, Li Longji is one of the four people who went to the battlefield, and he loves to fight horse is already well known in Beijing. No one else can say anything. It was transmitted to Wei Hou's ears, which was also the best cover for Li Longji.

What seems to be a casual horse race is actually a good trick to kill two birds with one stone.

"Yes, the subordinates will start to handle this matter in the afternoon."

"Okay", after Li Longji nodded to Zhang Liang, he looked at Tang Cheng and said, "Perfect, what are you talking about?" ”。

"Lord Zhang was indignant about the morning court meeting", Tang Cheng smiled and said: "The subordinates are asking if the date of the southern suburbs sacrifice ceremony can be determined."

"It's set, it's March". Li Longji shook his head as he spoke, "At the end of last year, when Empress Wei handed over this matter to the Ministry of Rites, it was poked out, which made the entire Chang'an City boiling, and then the matter was eliminated for some time and was not mentioned.

Tang Cheng naturally knew who had stabbed it out, and when he heard this, he asked, "Is it possible for the princess to let it be decided on such a big matter?" ”。

"The princess can't tear her face to refute it. However, the ministers she had been friends with for a long time also tried their best, and the courtiers in the court at that time argued fiercely about this matter, and it was not impossible to stop the queen Yaxian, but unfortunately, in the end, the matter was bad for Zhu Qinming and Dou Huaizhen."

"Dou Huaizhen has no virtue. I wish Qinming is shameless, "It is naturally Zhang Xiang who said this.

"Dongbo said it well", mentioning these two Li Longji was also angry, "If you want to refute this matter, you can only start from the etiquette system, and the focus of the debate between the two sides at that time was also here." Since the Three Emperors and Five Emperors, how have they ever participated in the ceremony of worshipping the heavens as a woman? This is really the fatal shortcoming of the Wei Party, but I hate that Zhu Qinming is a sycophant queen, and he jumped out and said that he had found that every time there was a big sacrifice in the imperial court in ancient times, there were queens participating in the sacrifice, so that Empress Wei should also participate in this ceremony of sacrificing to the heavens, and help sacrifice heaven and earth."

"Such a big thing, there is no basis for his words, can he have empirical evidence?".

"Yes. This minister was obviously prepared for a long time and brought the scrolls to the court, but there were many flaws in the examples he cited, because the queen who participated in the sacrifice was to sacrifice to the ancestors, not to the heaven and earth, and there was a world of difference between the two, but this guy finally found a support for the Wei party, and the Wei party argued accordingly. Naturally, the opponent was not convinced. The arguments between the two sides became more and more intense, and when it came to urgency, they almost didn't fight in the court. There was a stalemate for a while. Your Majesty is the ruling of Dou Huaizhen, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites and Rites".

At this point, Li Longji raised his head and sighed, "Dou Huaizhen was born as a scholar, had a very high reputation in his early years, and now he is also one of the leaders of Shilin who is respected in the world, because of this, he is in charge of the post of secretary of the Ministry of Rites and Education, seeing that His Majesty ordered him to adjudicate, many ministers are not displeased with the same as this king, and they are ......."

"Unexpectedly, Dou Huaizhen actually pinched her nose and said nonsense, ruling that the queen did not violate the law of etiquette to sacrifice heaven and earth as a sub-sacrifice, and His Majesty allowed her to make a ruling", taking over Li Longji's words, Zhang Xiang gritted his teeth and said: "Today's things are worse than Zhu Qinming, and the second is worse than Dou Huaizhen, especially that Dou Huaizhen is incorruptible and shameless, and even Kong Sheng does not recognize it for his own selfishness." Since the Three Emperors and Five Emperors, how has there ever been a queen worshipping the sky? Although the first queen served as a sub-sacrifice when she was enshrined in Mount Tai, she also never touched the ceremony of sacrificing to the sky, and this is the first time in this dynasty."

It's weird, the Ministry of Rites is not just a place that can be done if you want to, and the leader of Shilin is not capable of straw bales, since this Dou Huaizhen has two identities, it is impossible to be really unclear about this matter, but what happened to make him behave like this in the court meeting regardless of face? Thinking of this, Tang Cheng naturally set his sights on Li Longji.

"The reason for this is that I also learned after listening to what Gao Lishi said after the court meeting, last night on Chinese New Year's Eve, His Majesty summoned several ministers to the palace to drink and feast for the New Year, and Dou Huaizhen was one of them, that is, last night, Dou Huaizhen, who died early, had a new wife, and the wedding was personally presided over by His Majesty."

Hearing this, Zhang Liang suddenly said: "Beauty plan? ”。

Who knew that after hearing Zhang Liang's words, Li Longji couldn't help but laugh mockingly, "Ming Zhi has ever seen a wrinkled beauty in her sixties?" The new lady is Empress Wei's "breast" mother, and Dou Huaizhen has become the queen of heaven (the Tang people's special name for the husband of the "milk" mother), if they meet in the private house, even the queen of the Son of Heaven has to bow to him, which is why Dou Huaizhen behaves so in the court today."

Hearing this, Tang Cheng smiled and said to Zhang Xiang: "It seems that today's court affairs have already been arranged by Empress Wei, and it is bound to win the land, and the current situation of the court cannot be stopped, since he knows that things cannot be done, Lord Zhang can be as open-minded as possible, and it is not worth being angry with these villains."

"Wujian is right, Dongbo and relax, it is more useful to do your own thing than to be angry with these shameless people", Li Longji stood up as he spoke, "This king has to go to the princess's mansion at noon to order a banquet, so he won't stay much, Mingzhi, the matter of arranging the horse race must be paid attention to."

Zhang Liang got up and nodded, and then Tang Cheng and the three of them sent Li Longji out of the study together.

Sent to the gate of the mansion, Li Longji had clearly gotten into the felt car, but beckoned to Tang Cheng through the window, "You come up without a problem, there are some things that this king forgot to explain just now." ”

Tang Cheng got into the felt car in surprise, "Your Highness, what's the matter?" ”。

"Sit down and say", Li Longji patted the couch beside him, and waited for Tang Cheng to sit down before he spoke: "Since you got the last list, the progress of this king has been much faster, and there is no need to say more about your great achievements." Now there is another thing that is unknown and can be helped."

"What His Highness said that as long as he can do it, his subordinates dare not do their best?"

"Although I have gained a lot from befriending the middle-level generals of the left guard recently, since the Erwei brothers entered Yulin, they have been cautious and gentle everywhere, although the generals in the army look down on you, but the bad feeling is getting less and less, and the morale is difficult to use in the long run! If you want to encourage Sergeant Yulin to participate in this matter, it is not easy to let Wei Bo continue to be so gentle, it will be difficult to make friends with many middle generals."

Damn, you can't let me do everything, I'm not a superman! Hearing this, Tang Cheng groaned for a long time before he said slowly: "Then what does His Highness have to do?" ”。

"This king is discussing this matter with the two generals Yu Ge and Chen, in short, we can't let Wei Bo lead the army so easily."

"I haven't joined the army yet, it's useless to think about anything if the situation is unclear, and let's talk about it after the day is over", the matter is big, and the undercover agent is really dangerous, for such a thing Tang Cheng can't really go to the bottom of his life, he is low-key and vague in his words.

It's good to do your best to invest, but you can't put the investors themselves into it before you see the results!