Ling is already early summer, since the last year's New Year's Festival after the heavy snowfall, the whole rain is very vigorous, through spring and summer, now the grassland is the most beautiful time of the year, at a glance can not see the edge of the green grass, continuous green knotted into a blanket, connected into the sea, the breeze comes to the blue waves rolling, sometimes there are herds of cattle and sheep dotted among them, the beauty of the scenery makes people broad-minded and full of eyes full of heart to feel all full of vitality.

The sky reflected the light of the earth, the earth was full of green, and even the sky became green, facing such a majestic spectacle that was absolutely difficult to see, Zhang Liang sighed heavily.

He set off from Chang'an last autumn, but he didn't expect this errand to take so long before he was able to set foot on the return journey.

Politics has an obvious linkage effect, and within a specific circle of power, the change of top will inevitably bring about a series of shocks and changes that affect the entire circle. This is a typical case in the Raole Grassland in the past six months.

Because the former Xi King Li Yanji died of an emergency illness in the prime of life, at his age, he didn't even think about cultivating a successor before he died. The immediate consequence of this was that all five tribes in the clan were unprepared for his death and for this sudden change of power. Because the reign of this King Xi was too short, and because of his age, the previous psychological preparation of the various ministries was also insufficient, so after Li Yanji's sudden death, there was no successor who could suppress everyone in terms of strength and popularity.

Rather be a chicken than a cow, everyone wants to sit on the throne, and everyone has hope when they look at it, but no one has an absolute advantage, so things will be troublesome! After just waking up from Li Yanji's sudden death, the five leaders began to expand their strength almost at the same time. According to the internal regulations of the Xi people, the king of Xi is elected by the chiefs and elders of the five tribes, but in the extreme case that cannot be elected, the Tang Tianzi, as the "Heavenly Khan", has the right to decide, that is, to designate the governor of Rao Le as the successor among the candidates nominated within the Xi people, and to end the dispute by forcibly intervening in the dispute at a higher level of power.

Without asking, Li Yanjidi's sudden death this time was an extreme situation, and the five leaders knew that it was impossible to persuade others to give way to themselves, so they all took this extreme measure by accident, the purpose was to make themselves stand out when the Tang envoy arrived, so that Tian Khan would naturally give priority to himself when appointing the new King Xi.

The battle began, a cow, a horse, a woman, a small piece of pasture, and even a small old grudge against Chen Guzi's rotten sesame land ten or twenty years ago became a reason to draw a knife, under the pressure of the bullet of King Wuxi, there were more and more small fights, and the more and more gradually merged, and finally became more and more bloody, and behind this bloodshed there was only one purpose for the bloody people, to do everything possible to obtain a larger grassland during this window of power and more people who could draw bows and draw swords.

Or more precisely, this is not the fundamental goal, behind the dispute led by a cow, the goal is ultimately directed to the vacant throne of King Xi.

The emperor collapsed, and the mountains and rivers lost their color; Wang, the four fields are restless. This sentence was best embodied in the Raole grassland, when the imperial court delegation with Honglu Temple Qing Zhengwei arrived at Raole to pay tribute, the poor generation of Xi co-owner Li Yanji had not been buried! In order to fight for the throne, the five leaders even opened up the "battlefield" to his funeral arrangements.

After Zhao Qingzheng said that he was very angry. Li Yanji's charter for the post-mortem arrangement was finally passed. Under the order of his boss "no swords and soldiers shall be used during the funeral". The chaotic Raole grassland has also temporarily returned to calm. The five leaders are in linen according to the court's formal dress and Mai to help Li Yanji's funeral. His eyes were bloodshot and stared at Zhao Qingzheng.

Naturally, it is impossible for the Heavenly Khan to come here to have fun. So who is the next King Xi? Ten depends on the meaning of the old man.

During that period of time, the people of the Tang Dynasty Mission could be regarded as half the sky. Zhao Qingzheng didn't need to say it. Even an inconspicuous member of the mission like Zhang Liang was praised by others. Good horse. Slave girl. The finest leather goods were delivered one after another. There is only one purpose: to help my family receive a few good words in front of Zhao Qingzheng.

The five leaders want to wear it. His eyes were bleeding. But Mr. Zhao was not in a hurry. properly take care of Li Yanji's funeral and make sacrifices. He summoned all the five leaders and the elders to a meeting.

Zhang Liang still remembers how dignified the atmosphere in the interior of the Rao Le Du Governor's Mansion was on the day of the meeting. If you cough, you may not be able to drop a knife in the sky. It was also in this fateful meeting. Zhao Qing is wielding the methods of officialdom accumulated for more than 30 years. It fully reflects the level of "policy" that the people of Lao Honglu Temple should have and the ability to control the land with Tibet.

In a nutshell. Each of the five clan patriarchs felt valued and hoped from Zhao Qingzheng. I also felt his embarrassment. Ay! Everyone is about the same strength. This really makes it difficult for the selfless Heavenly Khan to decide! Meanwhile. It was also in this meeting that the resentment of the five leaders was buried deeper because of the previous disputes.

After a meeting that lasted for a whole day, Zhao Qingzheng returned to Chang'an with the list of candidates for King Xi, saying that everything should be decided after the Khan tomorrow, and he didn't even leave half a reliable letter before leaving.

In this way, not only did he not solve the dispute on the Raole grassland, but poured another bucket of oil on the burning fire, and he walked with his front feet, and the back feet on the grassland crackled again.

Although Zhao Qingzheng didn't say anything, the meaning of his meeting that day was already very clear, and the next king Xi designated by Tian Khan must be the one with outstanding strength.

Although there are also smart people who have seen through the meaning behind Zhao Qingzheng's actions, when the situation has reached this point, it has fallen into an uncontrollable situation, and no matter which one of the five departments is already unable to retreat, and they don't want to retreat.

Zhao Qingzheng did not take Zhang Liang with him when he returned to Chang'an this time, he stayed with some other people, and they had to wait here for the arrival of the new imperial envoy, and arrange the succession ceremony for the new governor of Raole after the envoy announced the next king of Xi.

As a means of controlling his subordinates, the superiors have always consciously maintained the balance of strength of all the forces under him, and Li Yanji was no exception when he was in power, so that there was not much difference in strength between the five Xi at the time of his sudden death.

After more than half a year, after fighting and differentiation, it was easy to go from five survival of the fittest to two, but the situation of Raole Grassland was stuck in a stalemate on the two into one, and there was a drought in front of it and there was continuous infighting, and after Li Yanji's death, Raole Grassland was really exhausted at this point.

At the time of the stalemate on this side, the second envoy of the Heavenly Khan finally arrived.

After arriving at Raole and visiting the elders and tribal leaders extensively, the lord gathered in Raole to announce the holy decree of the Heavenly Khan, and to everyone's surprise, the new king Xi was not produced from the two strong ones that had been fought in the six months of strife, but one of the three tribal leaders who had been eliminated.

Zhang Liang is very clear about the meaning behind this holy decree, and after the holy decree was read, the situation in Raole Grassland was unexpectedly divided into three parts, and the imperial court can be said to have made good use of the power to meddle in Raole's affairs due to Li Yanji's sudden death, but Zhang Liang, who has been staying here during this time, is faintly worried about one thing: judging from Raole's current situation of weak lords and strong ministers, it is not dangerous to the extreme, once something happens here, can the Tang Dynasty have the ability to intervene quickly in such a chaotic situation?

Since it is the new candidate for King Xi designated by the Heavenly Khan, the holy decree itself is the endorsement of the imperial court to the new King Xi, ensuring the endorsement of his power position, once he is removed from the throne, even with the authority of the Tang Dynasty and the Son of Heaven will suffer a heavy blow in the north, in this vast land is not just one Xi clan, from this point of view, the move of the Fang Jin court is really a double-edged sword-like risky move, and at the same time, he will be forced to have no way out of the Raole grassland.

The infighting in the court has not ended, and now there is a huge hidden danger buried in Raole, and now His Majesty is bent on retreating, this matter cannot be instructed by him, so is this arrangement from the Taiping Princess Mansion of Zhenguo or the East Palace? No matter who made this decision, but is it ready for the future?

When I couldn't help but think of these things in my mind, even such a majestic and magnificent scenery in front of me couldn't get rid of the heaviness in Zhang Liang's heart, he was in a hurry, he was in a hurry!

When Zhang Liang sighed, the accompanying people rode horses to say that the trip had reached the Longmen grassland, and if the horse was in a hurry, it would be possible to arrive at Longmen County in three or four days.

Hearing the news, Zhang Liang's expression was lifted, and he turned his horse's head and drove towards the car of the king of the Ministry of Rites.

Regarding Zhang Liang's background, Wang Shilang naturally knew that he responded with a smile to his request to reroute to Panhuan in Longmen County for a few days, and only told him to keep up with the brigade before arriving in Beijing.

At that moment, there was a small diversion of this team, and the Honglu Temple brigade was led by Wang Libu from the Longmen Grassland to Suoyang Pass, bypassing Longmen County, and Zhang Liang and his party rushed to the county seat.

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Tang Xianzun's parents have arrived at Longmen! Recently, inside and outside Longmen County until Donggu, the people have talked about this news the most.

The reason why there is so much discussion about this news is because Tang Cheng is now a well-deserved focus in Longmen County, and the people like to talk about all things related to him; In addition, there is a more important reason, but the people are happy to see this as a signal that the county lord will sit in the temple for a long time in Longmen. Since he can take his family from Shannan Dongdao, thousands of miles away, will he still leave in less than a year or two like those officials who used to be like the marquee?

In less than a year, Longmen County has undergone such earth-shaking changes, and everyone knows where the roots are, and now not only those nine surnamed Hu people who are moving here, but also the original people of Longmen County are afraid that there will be some personnel changes in the county yali suddenly, and they will get Tang County Zun away.

In this context, the arrival of Tang Zhang and others has the significance of reuniting their families in Longmen County, and it is not too much to say that the entire county is stable in the hearts of the people, because the people are so keen to discuss the news in a joyful tone.

Compared with the official offices of the previous dynasties in later generations, the yamen of the Tang Dynasty is known for covering a vast area, and the Yamen of Longmen County is no exception.

In the final analysis, no matter how big or large a house is, it is only right that there must be a family to live with!

Tang Zhang's and Li Yingjun and others were escorted all the way by Zhang Xiangwen, the rich boy who was always sleepy in the classroom of Longmen County School in the past is now the captain of Longmen County who is from the eighth rank, and in the Chang'an imperial examination at the beginning of the year, he ranked eighth in the high school law department, and then the official examination was also smooth sailing, and even when the final official was awarded, the director of the official department who was in charge of this matter looked at Zhang Xiangwen and was stunned.

Since the background of this township tribute student from Shannan Dongdao is so hard, and the East Palace has called him all the way from the Ministry of Rites to the Ministry of Officials, why did he go to such a ghost Longmen County where rabbits don't when he was electing officials, what kind of place is that in Longmen County, Hebei Province, other people don't know if the people of the Ministry of Officials can still know? According to Zhang Xiangwen's background, not to mention choosing a county to govern in Gyeonggi Province, even Chang'an City has great hope of staying under good activities.

If you don't stay in Chang'an, you have to go to Longmen County, what does this person think? It's weird, it's weird!

The people in the ministry were puzzled by this, but Zhang Xiangwen himself was very excited, and after receiving the appointment documents, copper fish bags, official clothes and post letters, and other messy things, he did not enjoy the glory of the new branch in Chang'an City at all, and ran home quickly.

In the past two years, Jinzhou, which has never had good luck, actually won two Jinshi, and these two Jinshi are still brothers, Jinzhou people, especially Xixian people, can imagine the idea of joining in the fun, not to mention that this Xiangwen is still the nephew of the current Jinzhou envoy.

Although Zhang Xiangwen avoided the bustle of Chang'an, he did not avoid the bustle in his hometown. What a god! He returned with the title of this gold list, and only turned Jinzhou City, especially Xixian County, upside down.

The Zhang family is a big family in Xi County, and this time there are children who shine on the lintel, so it's worth it! For three days. No matter who comes to the door, even if you only carry two liters of wheat as a gift, even if you are poor and can't even afford two liters of wheat, as long as you can say a word of auspiciousness, you will be full of wine and meat, and you will be drunk when you go to the ground.

For three whole days,

The beggars in the city can be regarded as making up for the New Year, casually) the smell of alcohol, and the burp is greasy and oily.

Spend more and earn more, with the assassin history Zhang Zishan also returned to his hometown in the name of inspecting the place, and personally presided over the ceremony of sacrificing the family ancestral hall, congratulated Zhang Xiangwen on the high school jinshi He Yi gathered from the counties of Manjin Prefecture like a tide, to say that the three days of liveliness, Zhang Xiangwen really saw that his face was smiling, and the small statues of the boudoirs and the female red feet in Mrs. Zhang's room have not been placed in two cabinets.

It's easy to wait for the excitement to finally finish, Zhang Xiangwen is in a hurry to leave for the post, Master Zhang scolded a few words of "unfamiliar white-eyed wolf", Mrs. Zhang's tears rippled down her face, after all, she couldn't resist her baby son, and never mentioned that the court gave him three months of family leave after the high school jinshi let him go.

Therefore, Zhang Xiangwen, who took eighteen domestic servants, accompanied Tang Zhang and others all the way north, and these people were all attentive, and they had arrived at Longmen in early summer, which was more than a month earlier than Tang Cheng expected.

Just mention the impact of Longmen's current prosperity on Zhang Xiangwen, he only rested for two days after coming thousands of miles, Tang Chengcheng summoned Yang Jiao, Jia Xu and Qian Sanscar to the meeting, the theme of this meeting is very simple, that is, to explain to Zhang Xiangwen the planning and exhibition concept of Longmen County, and then explain the progress of the current work of the county government one by one.

After the meeting was explained, Tang Cheng kicked the complicated official affairs of the yamen to the newly appointed county lieutenant Zhang, and asked about everything except those important matters, and hid in the inner yamen every day to enjoy the joy of family reunion.

Now that's exactly the case, on the couch in the main room of the inner office, Tang Cheng, who was wearing a household clothes, crawled around on the thick velvet blanket with his hands and feet, and kept learning the sound of a cow or a horse while crawling, sitting in the middle of the couch, the kitten's black and bright eyes stared at him without blinking, and the two little fat hands grabbed and danced in the air.

Seeing this scene, Li Yingjun, who was sitting on the side of the couch, smiled sweetly and contentedly, and exchanged a helpless look with Lancao, who was sitting on the other side.

Husband, this is too much to spoil the cat, as the saying goes, raising children and teaching children to be grandchildren is not parent-child, even if the cat is a daughter can be more lenient, the husband is too much, and there is no appearance of being a father at all, and there is a person like him in the world.

But this thing can't be said, it's useless to say it, the husband is not a person who can't listen to words, but somehow he is very stubborn in this matter, these days the mother-in-law, and even the father-in-law have said this, but although he promised well, in fact, it is how to pet and how to spoil, look at the current situation and even some signs of intensification, but it is just the eyes of the father-in-law and mother-in-law.

After watching Tang Cheng climb a few laps, the little kitten egg waving in the air couldn't sit still, the two little fat hands propped up on the ground, ** pouted the half-sky-high swaying and stood up, giggling while walking towards Tang Cheng.

A child who is more than a year old can't walk steadily, not to mention that the soft couch is not easy to walk, just three or two steps later, the kitten Daner is lying on the couch, Li Yingjun saw this and was busy reaching out to hug it, Tang Cheng's voice came, "Yingjun, don't move."

After speaking, Tang Chengcheng lay there and looked at the kitten, and said softly: "Good daughter, get up, get up yourself!" ”。

After falling, the corners of the kitten's mouth began to cry, but after crying twice and seeing that there was no movement, her black eyes began to look around, crying louder and louder while watching, until the eyes turned around and no one came up to hug her, the cry of the kitten slowly became smaller, and the person staggered and began to climb up, Tang Cheng just smiled at her during the whole process, until the cat stood up again and walked in front of him, then reached out and hugged the baby daughter, Then the father and daughter rolled around on the couch like children, and the crisp gurgling sound sounded again.

Li Yingjun exchanged a look with Lancao again, this husband, if you want to say that he doesn't feel sorry for the cat, it's fake, but he can bear to see the cat cry so badly after falling and not let them hug it, which really makes them can't understand!

When Tang Cheng and his daughter were crazy and happy, there were two coughs from outside the main room, as soon as he heard this sound, Tang Cheng immediately got down from the couch with the cat in his arms, and when he just put on his shoes, Tang Xuan and Tang Zhang walked in from outside.

After seeing Tang Cheng's messy clothes and messy couch, Tang Xuan's brows furrowed, and without saying a word, he stepped forward to take the cat from his son's arms.

"Dad, mother, you are here", Tang Cheng smiled shyly, "Yingjun, serve tea to my father and mother."

"Cheng, you are not only a father now, but also a county magistrate of the imperial court, your county decree is not bad, outsiders praise it when they mention it, this father in the house must also have the appearance of being a father, or it will be passed out and people will listen to jokes, ah!"

"Yes, yes, my mother is right", Tang Cheng agreed without a little hesitation, and while taking the teacup from Li Yingjun's hand and handing it to Tang Zhang's family, he asked with a smile: "Today, it is Astrid who will take over the wind for the second elder, he is a rich man with a lot of money, why did my father and mother come back so early?" ”。

"It's just a few people eating, making so many big tables, how many things do you have to spend, and do evil!" When Tang Zhangshi said this, he snorted several times in his mouth, "There are also the songs and dances of those girls, my mother and your father can't understand it, and it's still sulky to stay inside, it's better to come back early."

As soon as she finished speaking, Tang Xuan answered over there, "Ah Cheng, you tell them, I understand the kindness of these people with your mother, as for the matter of the reception banquet, don't do it again, so that I don't say anything about your mother's sin, so that the people can see and hear what to say about you?" And the gifts they sent have been returned, you are an official, this innocence and reputation are more important than anything else."

Seeing that his father-in-law asked about this, without waiting for Tang Cheng to say anything, Li Yingjun had already agreed warmly, "The husband has already instructed his daughter-in-law on this matter, and the gifts sent to the second elder by all parties in the door have been returned, father-in-law, but please rest assured."

"Hmm", Tang Xuan nodded when he heard this, and then swept Tang Zhang's with the corner of his eye.