March 5 in the first year of Wende of the Tang Dynasty (888 AD).

When the Chang'an travelers arrived at the residence of King Shou of Xingyuan Mansion in Shannan East Road, the sky had gradually darkened, and the dark red vermilion palace gate cast a shadow in front of the convoy, and it was dusk before I knew it.

Running all the way day and night, although there are houses along the road, the post post keeps changing horses, and most of the horses are exhausted when they run to Xingyuan Mansion, screaming and snorting, and emitting heavy and urgent gasps.

Liu Ji, a lieutenant of the Shence Army, told of more than 100 riders who galloped five or six hundred miles in two days and one night from the day they set out, during which they only ate some dry food to satisfy their stomachs, and their clothes and turbans were covered with a thick layer of dust.

There was no time to freshen up, after getting off the horse, the envoy of Chang'an hurriedly rushed towards the Shouwang Farewell, and the entourage behind did not dare to slack off, and they all hurriedly followed, and everyone almost trotted on the steps of the Shouwang Mansion.

Hou Jia, the guard of the royal mansion, saw that the people were menacing, and hurriedly beckoned the guards to stop them.

Liu Jishu paused, his withered face was like a darkening night, deep and cold, Hou Jia just wanted to ask, but he couldn't help but be discouraged when he saw this.

"The saint (2) has an edict, and His Royal Highness King Xuanshou receives the edict!"

The voice was sharp and sharp, like an invincible arrow piercing the vermilion lacquer gate and reaching the inner courtyard.

At this time, Li Jie, the king of Shou, was talking with Han Guangren, the palace sacrificial wine, in the study, and talked about the fact that the young and weak-crowned son of heaven was seriously ill at the age of his prime, and it was difficult to collapse, he was not very embarrassed.

Once the young emperor unfortunately dies, who will inherit the throne next, there will inevitably be a battle between the southern and northern divisions of the imperial court (3).

Although the two of them knew this very well in their hearts, no one said it, but tacitly avoided this sensitive topic, and Han Guangren, who pursued the golden mean, had always lacked interest in the palace dispute. Li Jie also saw this, so he didn't talk about it deeply.

After a moment of silence for each other.

Li Jie suddenly said to Han Guangren: "If one day the student has to leave Xingyuan and go north to Chang'an, I don't know if the master is willing to go with the student?" ”

Han Guangren didn't expect Li Jie to suddenly ask this, he weighed the volume of "Lao Tzu" in his hand and said, "The old and decayed Tao is here." ”

"Hasn't Master been teaching me "University" and "The Mean"?"

Han Guangren said: "Confucianism is the rule of the royal road, His Royal Highness is the Prince of the Tang Dynasty, so it is natural to be familiar with the way of sages, and the old man is free and easy by nature, so this "Lao Tzu" is more suitable for the old man. ”

Han Fuzi's words, Li Jie understood,

A Confucian who has lost his fame and enterprising heart, it doesn't matter whether he accompanies him to Chang'an or not.

Without waiting for Li Jie to answer, he heard the sound of the rushing carriage and horses stopping, and the horses made a sharp and long roar, piercing the quiet night sky, and the birds in the nearby trees flew away in shock, making a fluttering sound.

Qian Yu, the servant in the royal mansion, hurriedly came to report: "An envoy has arrived in Chang'an!" ”

The figure flickered, several copper lamps in the study flashed in the wind, Li Jie waved his hand, and smiled bitterly in his heart: "This day is still here, after all, I didn't escape!" ”

He is Li Jie, not Li Jie.

To be precise, the body belongs to the ancients, and the soul is modern - a thirty-four-year-old middle school history teacher from the 21st century, whose name also happens to be Li Jie.

Originally, such a strange thing happened suddenly, as long as it was a person, it would be frightened and scared, and Li Jie was no exception.

Fortunately, in his previous life, he was a person with a calm mind and excellent psychological quality, and after reading too many time-traveling novels, he has long been accustomed to all kinds of bizarre time-traveling processes.

So since the soul pierced the body of King Shou of the Tang Dynasty a few months ago, Li Jie did not show too much panic, in order not to be discovered, he quietly erased all traces of modern people, and at the same time played the role of King Shou with all his might.

Thanks to the memory of the host, a lot of trouble was saved, and after a period of time, the effect was remarkable, and none of the cronies around him found his abnormality, and the transformation of his identity was perfectly realized.

In his previous life, Li Jie loved history and politics, and he was naturally no stranger to the history of the Tang Dynasty.

In the original history, after the death of Emperor Xizong, the eunuch Yang Fugong overrode public opinion and supported Li Jie, the king of Shou, as the emperor, which is a very tragic emperor, and the degree of tragedy is comparable to that of the Ming Dynasty's deceased emperor Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youzhen.

For more than ten years since he became emperor, he has been a puppet in the hands of feudal towns and eunuchs. Although he is very ambitious and has taken Zhongxing Datang as his own idea all his life, his lack of knowledge and ability has not significantly improved the bad situation.

In addition, at this time, the Tang Empire had already been shattered after the rebellion of Wang Xianzhi and Huangchao (4), and his vitality was greatly damaged, and what he did was just barely let the Tang Dynasty exist for a few more years, and in the end it still could not avoid the fate of collapse.

And Li Jie himself will eventually be killed by Xuanwu Jiedu, Liang King Zhu Wen, his favorite concubine Li Jianrong in order to protect him, lay on his body, and was also killed, Tang Zhaozong was only in his thirties when he died, just in the prime of life.

After learning the fate of the host, Li Jie's first thought was to escape, after all, he was just an ordinary teacher in his previous life, and he didn't feel that he could turn the tide in this extremely bad situation, so after the end of the war between the imperial court and Wang Chongrong of Hezhong Town for the benefit of the salt pond in the river (5), Li Jie did not return to Chang'an with his imperial brother Emperor Xizong, who fled to Xingyuan Mansion, but found an excuse to stay in the local area for refuge.

Since Huang Chao broke through Chang'an, most of the Li Tang clans stranded in Beijing have not escaped Huang Chao's butcher's knife, and those who are lucky enough not to die have been scattered all over the country to escape the catastrophe.

Although Li Jie has been trying his best to escape, it is a pity that the inertia of history is too great, and he still can't escape after all.

At this time, Chang'an was like a fiery furnace for him, the center of the entire vortex, and it was difficult for him to determine whether his piece of mortal iron could withstand tempering.

Because this fire is so fierce that it can melt the whole world, let alone his own little piece of mortal iron?

Thinking about it, Li Jie was a little distracted, Han Guangren saw Li Jie's confusion and hesitation, why wasn't he nervous and confused in his heart?

Before the news of the death of the Son of Heaven arrived, why did there be an edict? And in such a hurry?

Up to now, there are only a few children of the clan who are qualified to succeed to the throne, such as Li Bao, the sixth brother of the emperor, Li Zhen, the king of Jian, and Li Sheng, the king of Yi.

The seventh brother of the emperor, Shouwang Li Jie, is also one of them!

Thinking of the incident of the previous emperors who killed the sons or brothers of the first emperor because of the palace mutiny and seizure of the throne when the previous emperors ascended the throne, even if he had decades of qi cultivation kung fu, Han Guangren's face couldn't help but change slightly, he lowered his voice and comforted Li Jie: "This is not Chang'an after all, Your Highness doesn't have to worry too much, take the edict first!" ”

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PS：

(1) Lieutenant of the Shence Army: After the Tang Dynasty, the forbidden army was mainly composed of the Shence Army, divided into two armies, the left and right armies, with a high-grade eunuch as the lieutenant of the guard, with a quota of two, and the left and right armies.

(2) Sage: The honorific title given to the emperor by the people of the Tang Dynasty.

(3) Nan Ya and Bei Si: Nan Ya: Zhongshu Province headed by the prime minister and the rest of the provinces, prisons, temples, Taiwan and other court and official institutions, collectively referred to as "Nan Ya". Beisi: The generals and eunuchs at all levels, headed by the four nobles of the forbidden middle, that is, the eunuch group, are collectively referred to as the "Beisi".

The opposition between the Southern and Northern Divisions: Before Xuanzong, the military and political power of the country was in the hands of the prime minister. After the Anshi Rebellion, the power of eunuchs expanded day by day, and eunuchs not only held military and political power, but also manipulated the abolition of the emperor. At this time, the emperor, who had done a little, wanted to use the prime minister to suppress the eunuchs; Not to be outdone, the eunuchs are always waiting for an opportunity to fight back. This is how the antagonism between the South and the North Division was formed.

(4) Huangchao Rebellion: Huang Chao, the leader of the uprising at the end of the Tang Dynasty, was born in a salt owl family, responded to the uprising leader Wang Xianzhi in the second year of Qianfu (875), raised the flag and rebelled, and in the sixth year of Qianfu, he broke through Tongguan and entered Chang'an, and the emperor was in the Hanyuan Hall of Daming Palace, and the country name was "Daqi", and the Yuan Dynasty was built. In the fourth year of Zhonghe (884), Huangchao was driven out of Chang'an by the Zhu Wen Yi army and the feudal town army anyway, defeated the Wolf and Tiger Valley, and the rebellion was put down.

(5) Battle of Yanchi: In the first year of Guangqi (885), after the Huangchao Rebellion was put down, the right eunuch Tian Lingzi rebuilt the Shence Army, because of the lack of military salaries, tried to seize the benefits of the pond salt of Anyi and Xie County from Wang Chongrong, the envoy of Hezhong Jiedu, and fought with him, Tian then united with the Guanzhong feudal lords to wage war against Wang Chongrong. Wang Ze begged for help from Li Keyong, the envoy of Hedong Jiedu, and the two joined forces to defeat the imperial court soldiers and horses and enter Chang'an. The Shence army was dispersed, and Tian Lingzi had no choice but to coerce Emperor Xizong to flee south again.

When Huang Chao was forced out of Chang'an, more than half of the palace buildings had been burned, and this time the soldiers and horses entered Chang'an, burned, killed and looted, and the people who were set on fire in the palace room were seven or eight out of ten, "the palace is depressed, and the bow is lush grass."