Chapter 270: Tang Cheng's New Official Position

Since Zhang Liang followed Li Longji, although he has been mainly responsible for logistics, in order to raise money and interact with businessmen, he is still a scholar in his bones, and his daily pastime is good to read, "Yin" and "Yin".

Yunyue traveled three thousand miles, and there was hardly any other way to relieve the loneliness of the journey except for small talk in the shaking carriage, and these degraded officials were also willing to chat with him to get the latest news from Chang'an and the imperial court.

After running thousands of miles, under Zhang Liang's intention, he not only established some personal relations with these officials, but also explained many other situations one by one, such as why the imperial court remembered them at this time and recalled them back to Chang'an......

The long journey was really tiring, so when they finally left Xinfeng County and saw the Baqiao and the Chang'an city wall behind the bridge from a distance, almost the entire team couldn't help cheering, and even Kong Jue couldn't help but get off the carriage and walk towards Baqiao like everyone else.

The willows are smoky and spring, and they climb and fold for pedestrians every year. As soon as you cross the Baqiao is Chang'an, so it has become the most famous place to welcome guests and send off, flowing water soup soup, Baqiao is still the same, looking at the bare willow trees in front of you that are no different from three years ago, as well as those "women" who carry bamboo baskets to sell willow long branches, Kong Qi and others all stopped in unison.

The flowers are similar every year, but the people are different every year. The things in front of him are still the same, but the personnel have changed beyond recognition, and three years later, when they walk on this bridge that can be called the dividing line of the imperial capital, how can Kong Jue and others not have a lot of thoughts.

A sudden welcome music dissipated the newly raised thoughts of the officials, this tune came really abruptly, Kong Jue took a few steps forward to make his eyes around the shelter in front of him, then he saw that there was a team of musicians in the pavilion on the other side of the bridge that had been emptied, and the welcome song came from this, under the steps in front of the pavilion stood a rich young man wearing the best monofilament Luo Ming yellow tuan, and the official road behind him was followed by a group of young scholars in Confucian clothes, looking at the green puffy piece of about no less than 100 people.

Although the Li Tang court couldn't help but prohibit officials and people from wearing yellow "color" clothes, but such a pure bright and yellow face "color" can only be used by the royal family, Kong Jue was looking at these people, Zhang Liang with a smile on his face walked to his side, "His Royal Highness the prince came down to greet him, and Duke Jue will go over now."

"Prince!" , Kong Jue and the others were shocked, and walked over while stroking the clothes that were a little wrinkled due to sitting for a long time.

Before he got off the bridge, Li Longji had already greeted the bridge from there, bowed over and said loudly after saluting: "You are all close ministers of the first brother and the crown prince, and you are sincere only because of Wei Wei's rebellion against the power of '' to the point of being wronged and degraded thousands of miles, and the servant inherited the first brother to live in the East Palace. ”

Li Longji said in his mouth, the person had already walked to Kong Jue's side and stretched out his hand to help his arm, seeing this scene, there was a lot of restlessness in the group of scholars on the side of the road outside the pavilion.

Looking at Li Longji, who was full of heroism beside him, and then at the young scholars not far away, Kong Jue finally did not break free from Li Longji's support, and his lips trembled slightly: "The will of the imperial court to the former prince is ......"

"The Son of Heaven has issued an edict a few months ago to posthumously call his brother the crown prince of Jiechou and accompany him to the tomb", hearing this, Kong Jue shook his head, "This servant has heard that the servant asked the original text of His Majesty's holy decree."

Li Longji, who was walking forward with Kong Jue in his arms, stopped his steps and pondered for a while, and then recited the content of the holy decree that day directly mentioned Li Chongjun, "Chongjun, the son of Daqian, Yuan Liang Shouqi. In the middle of the frame, trapped in slander. Don't care about Tieyue, light thieves and armor soldiers, there are northern Zhuyi, all of them are sad; Today's four fierce salty suits, ten cases of how to chase, Fang Shen's injustice, with the pain of grief Huangquan, can be given to the crown prince"

After Li Longji finished reciting, all the officials behind Kong Qi invariably faced north and arched their hands in unison: "Your Majesty Shengming! There are even a few people with tears in their eyes because they can't hold back their emotions.

After listening to Li Longji's silent recitation of the holy decree, Kong Qi, who had always acted steadily, was already red-eyed in silence. Don't care about Tieyue, light thief armor! Servants are teachers, and the former crown prince is so much, it is the fault of the servants who are not able to persuade them! As soon as he finished speaking, two cloudy old tears had slipped from the corners of his eyes.

"The first brother can't bear to see Wei Wu rebel against the party to seize power, and there are also people who lose their '' cut, Mr. has done his duty as a courtier that day, and there is really no need to blame himself too much", Li Longji said and raised his hand to point to the young scholar and said: "These scholars of the country all came to greet him spontaneously after hearing the news of Mr. returning to Beijing today, fortunately, the news is not too widespread, otherwise today's national prison will be empty", after diluting the atmosphere of mourning with laughter, Li Longji continued: "The scholars are all in love with their fists and respecting their teachers, and Mr. should also come forward to comfort them." ”

After returning from exile, the gentleman with half speckled sideburns and the hot-blooded Guozi Jian Shizi got together, the scene of the teachers and students meeting outside the pavilion was really quite touching, and seeing the virtuous and respected gentleman tired and haggard like this, all the scholars were of course sour, and Kong Jue, who was excited in his heart, was also an old tear.

The commotion of this greeting lasted for a long time, and by the time the crowd had set out for the city, it was already more than half an hour later. In Li Longji's wide felt car, Zhang Liang looked through the window at the scene of those young scholars huddling around Kong Qixuan's car, and said with a sigh and a light smile: "The descendants of Kong Sheng and the identity of the leader of Shilin are really good, Your Highness will bring these people back to Beijing, not only to help the court, but also to be able to pay attention to Shilin, which is really a wonderful strategy to kill two birds with one stone!" Tang Wujian came up with this idea, which is really a stroke of genius! ”

"The authorities are 'confused'!" , Li Longji, who was by the car window, retracted his gaze from the outside and sat upright, "You said in your previous letter that you had been in Longmen County for a few days, how is this Tang Cheng now?" ”

"It was good to look at Rao Le when I came to Rao Le last year, and ...... when I came back this time to see him again", Zhang Liang shook his head wordlessly, "Your Highness, what is the situation of Rao Le now?" ”

Hearing Zhang Liang ask about this, Li Longji frowned, "I'll talk about this later, while there is still some time to go back to the city, you can talk about Tang Wuji."

"According to what his subordinates saw in Longmen County this time, Tang Cheng is not only good at planning, but also capable ...... to care for the people", in the sound of the carriage, Zhang Liang told the details of the two meetings with Tang Cheng and the situation in Longmen County, Li Longji listened attentively and was extraordinarily careful.

"This Tang is flawless...... What a Tang Wuji...... Mingzhi, in the past, your trip to Yangzhou was good! ”

"The Lord of Heaven will give good ministers to support him, this is the so-called monarch and minister meeting in the history books, and it can be seen from Tang Wujian and others that His Royal Highness is the bell of the Mandate of Heaven, and his subordinates should congratulate His Highness!" , Zhang Liang arched his hand and continued: "Before leaving from Longmen this time, Tang Wujian personally said to his subordinates that he was willing to return to Chang'an, it seems that it is a pity that he is so good at being far away, what kind of arrangement does His Highness think?" ”

"The matter...... I'll talk about it later", Li Longji waved his hand, and Zhang Liang was surprised to find that His Royal Highness not only did not have the joy he expected after hearing the news that Tang Cheng was willing to come back, but a thick layer of helplessness surged between his eyebrows.

After entering Chang'an City, he first went to the mansion specially set up by the Ministry of Officials for local officials in Beijing, and then Li Longji personally set up a banquet for Kong Qi and others, and when he came out of the wine shop after all this, it was already mid-afternoon, and Zhang Liang helped Li Longji, who was drunk, to get into the felt car and go back to the East Palace.

The East Palace is located in the palace city behind the imperial city, the felt car did not go through the small side gate but went straight into the imperial city from the Suzaku Gate, Zhang Liang was surprised to see that the imperial city in the past was quite idle Honglu Temple Yamen actually presented a rare busy scene.

"In the past month or so, the busiest of the temple supervisors in the imperial city has to count the Honglu Temple", Li Longji, who was also looking out the window, spoke with a strong sense of wine, "Not only the Songmo, Murowei, Heishui, and Bohai Governors in the north have successively submitted letters to Honglu Temple to send delegations to Beijing for pilgrimage, but even the small states such as Qiuzi and Gaochang in the jurisdiction of the Anxi Metropolitan Protectorate have also joined in the excitement, and Li Yanji's death is really restless."

"Your Highness means ......"

"Can these people really come for the Son of Heaven? They are all here to inquire about the movements of the imperial court, they have noticed something from the matter of Raole, and they are afraid that the imperial court will change the constitution of the various provinces", at this point, Li Longji sighed helplessly, "Now it seems that the direct 'interference' of the imperial court in the arrangement of King Xi is indeed a bit of a '' excesse, which has caused the people of the four Tibetan people to be unstable."

It seems that these Fan clans are worried that Rao Le's precedent will eventually affect their own clan after the precedent is opened, but Zhang Liang didn't expect that just the death of Li Yanji would cause such a big shock in the entire Tang Dynasty, and he was stunned for a moment and hurriedly asked: "Then how will the imperial court deal with this matter?" ”

"On the first day of the first month of the next month, my father will summon the envoys of the various Tibetan envoys stationed in the capital to worship the Taimiao, and recite the old edict of the emperor Taizong Zu 'the sea is as one' in order to calm the heart of the four yi", when he said these words with his eyes slightly closed, Li Longji's hands were unconsciously clenched together, and the "color" of humiliation was hidden on his unwilling face.

"This ...... So what about Rao Le Li Chengzhong? After Rao Le took over the throne for each Xi king, the imperial court would give him the surname of the country in the edict, and Li Chengzhong was the name of the king of Xi who had just taken over the throne. The Son of Heaven reiterated the edict of the four seas in front of the envoys in the Taimiao, which itself was undoubtedly the most obvious signal that the imperial court gave up directly "interfering" in the affairs of Rao Le.

As for Li Chengzhong, the imperial court will send an official to the Rao Le Du Governor's Mansion to protect his "sex" and life, after all, he is the king of Xi appointed by his father in name, and the court still has to take care of this face, as for the throne...... With the current situation, it is impossible for the imperial court to directly 'intervene', let alone send troops", when he said this, Li Longji suddenly opened his eyes that had been slightly closed just now, "The heavenly kingdom is actually under the control of the four yi, this is really a great humiliation for the imperial court, you can be a witness, if there is a day in the palace of the other country, swear to be a snow today's humiliation"

Zhang Liang was a personal participant in Rao Le's matter, and he was really a little panicked when he heard the news, and at the same time, he naturally remembered Tang Cheng, who was close to Rao Le, "Your Highness, the more this is the case, the sooner Tang Wujian will be transferred back."

"It's late", when these two words were spit out heavily, Li Longji actually closed his eyes again as if he didn't dare to look at Zhang Liang's eyes, "Yesterday in the imperial study of Daming Palace, Taiping personally recommended Tang Cheng to be transferred to the Sima of Rao Le Du Governor's Mansion."

Zhang Liang stood up suddenly, "What? ”

"This palace has tried its best to argue this matter, but it is ...... My father has asked for it."

"Tang Cheng is only an eight-rank county order now, and although the successive Simas of the Rao Le Du Governor's Mansion are just decorations, they are after all the rank of the sixth grade, and they are over-moved to two grades and five orders at a time! How could His Majesty approve such a recommendation? ”

"Mingzhi, do you still remember Yu Dongjun's road construction in Shannan East Road? After the road construction was completed, after the Eastern Army transferred back to the Ministry of Works, he had specially folded for Tang Cheng to ask for merit and intended to transfer him to the Ministry of Works. In addition, Tang Cheng's meritorious deeds in the Ten Thousand Cavalry Army a few years ago were also turned out, with these two great merits, it is enough to move two products, plus he is a Longmen officer, it can be said that he is the most familiar with Rao Le's situation among the current officials of the imperial court, at this sensitive moment, the officials sent by the imperial court to the Rao Le Governor's Mansion can not be too high in prestige and rank, and Tang Cheng has really become a suitable candidate in a few strokes, so that the palace in the imperial study yesterday was indisputable."

Speechless, Zhang Liang was really completely speechless, and after standing for a while, he said with great difficulty: "Tang Cheng has made many great contributions since he followed His Royal Highness, and then he ...... Before his subordinates came back, he also said that he was willing to return to Chang'an, and now he is a little careless in Rao Le's post, but the edict of the imperial court made him ......"

"This palace knows, Ming Zhi said that this palace has thought about ......", at this time, the atmosphere in the felt car has been solemn to the extreme, Li Longji still closed his eyes tightly, "This palace has lost him a lot, but now there are peace everywhere to hinder, what can I do?" can only be credited with the merits first, and the reward will be awarded on a different day. ”

Zhang Liang was silent for a while and then suddenly asked: "Longmen is thousands of miles away from Chang'an, Tang Cheng is just a county order, how could Taiping suddenly think of him?" ”

"Blessings and misfortunes! Although Kong Jue and the others were able to return to the capital this time, it was precisely because they made Taiping pay attention to the Dragon Gate that Tang Cheng naturally ......"

After hearing this reason, Zhang Liang really couldn't say anything, and after a long time, all the thoughts in his heart turned into a low sigh, "Providence, providence!" ”