Volume 2: The Eighth Route Army's Festival Envoy - Chapter 12: The Past of Luoyang (3)

A flat and neat stone stele, more than half a person high, the tomb behind is about eight zhang high, this is the regulation of the Tang Dynasty Yipin tomb, and the Wei cemetery not far away is different, there is no soil mountain in this tomb on the Phoenix Ridge, this is very easy to understand, Zhenguan year and Yonghui year won the honor of sealing the earth and building the mountain There are many heroes, but all of them are military generals, there are no civil ministers, all the way around, not to mention Wei Gong Yinggong, even Bi Guogong such a foreign general tomb There are soil mountains in the tomb, However, in this Phoenix Ridge tomb, which is closest to the main peak of Zhaoling, there is no such small building to prove the merits of the deceased during his lifetime. Not only that, but on the tombstone of this mausoleum, all the inscriptions are visible, and the epitaph, which should have been clearly visible, is now white, except for the first line of dozens of words, the rest of the part is completely unrecognizable.

The tombstone originally had words on it, but unfortunately it was smoothed out soon after the monument was erected......

The regulation of this tomb is general (as far as the ministers of Zhaoling are concerned, it is indeed not outstanding), there is no earth mountain in the tomb, and the inscription is smoothed, no matter how you look at it, the person buried here should not be considered to be so dazzling and glorious among the many stars in Zhenguan year, after all, the mausoleum is shabby and simple, and there is no earth mountain and no epitaph...... There are none of these things that symbolize honor and merit, and this person is really ordinary enough......

However, to be able to be buried on the side of the main peak, living next to Empress Wende, Emperor Taizong, should this also be regarded as a disguised honor?

Even without an epitaph, this man was the closest to their emperor among the ministers of Zhaoling.

The tombstone on the Phoenix Ridge, the only barely recognizable line of small characters, shows the immortal name of the Eternal Sleeper, who has been prominent for hundreds of years and will be recited for thousands of years......

The former governor of Xiangzhou in the Tang Dynasty gave Sikong the prince and the prince of Zhimen, the provincial affairs of Zuo Guanglu, the doctor Zheng Guowenzhen, the prince of Wei Mansion, and the ......

The handwriting left by the craftsman who was responsible for smoothing the inscriptions on the tombstone at the time, intentionally or unintentionally, gave the almost tabula rasa tombstone an imposing momentum and demeanor, eclipsing all the surrounding tombs.

"A generation of famous ministers ......"

Lu Duan sighed in a low voice......

"...... the minister?" Li Wenge chewed these two words in his mouth, but a complicated and incomprehensible look appeared on his face.

Is this man just a celebrity?

The records that have been handed down show this person's open-mindedness and bearing to take the world as his own responsibility; A concise and concise "Book of Sui" reveals this person's rigorous style and historical outlook, but are these just to express the historical merits of a "famous minister"?

What this person represents is the germ of a brand-new political civilization that once existed, a kind of political civilization that was born and raised but is by no means different from other political civilizations.

Until the era in which Li Wenge lived more than 1,000 years later, the vast majority of historians and even ordinary people with a little bit of historical knowledge knew this fact: in that short period of 23 years, among the 24 people in the illustrious Lingyan Pavilion, the only one who could represent the history called "Zhenguan Zhizhi" with Li Shimin, Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, was this person, only this name.

Later Chinese history books compiled by cultural people unambiguously recorded the imprint of this civilization, but did not explain the meaning behind this imprint.

Therefore, in later generations, many people believed that Wei Zheng was nothing more than a minister......

The traces of the exploration of civilization that he represents have been lost to the dust of history.

Now, standing on the Phoenix Ridge, in front of Wei Zheng's tomb, what Li Wenge feels is a sense of heaviness, a new experience that should not belong to this era. A historical figure who has been in ancient times for more than 300 years brings him a new breath, and unlike all the things he has come into contact with since he came to this era, which is full of decay and obsolescence, this tombstone brings him a transcendent feeling that he has never experienced even in his own time......

Traces of history, the taste of civilization......

"Yi Zhi has read the collection of Tang edicts, right?"

"I'm ashamed to have dabbled in it!"

Li Wenge smiled: "The emperor's edict begins with the word 'under the door', what does this mean?" ”

Lu Duan hesitated for a while, and finally replied: "Under the door of the Chinese book, the president of the hundred officials, the system of the chapter, without the Fengge Luantai, the decree can not be issued, this is the system of the Sui and Tang dynasties to dominate the world, the beginning of the edict is the door, is the essence of the Son of Heaven to rule the world, and also refers to the purpose of the edict is the Taiwan Pavilion Zhongshu, which is the first official office to arrive after the holy decree is issued......

Although he knew that Lu Duan was far from being Lu Duan in the era of Zhao Lao Er at the moment, after listening to this answer, Li Wenge couldn't help but be a little disappointed. He stood silently for a long time, and sighed: "The ancients wrote scriptures and history, changed the law and established the system, but most of the descendants did not know its true meaning, which is a pity...... Now that the feudal towns are full of warriors and chaotic countries, scholars are the only hope of Li Shu in the world, even so, what the princes see is nothing more than that...... Who doesn't know that the first person to arrive after the decree is issued is the door? However, if it is only because of this, why do you need to solemnly add the word "door and bottom" to the system? ”

Lu Duan listened to Li Wenge's words with wide eyes, not understanding what he meant.

Li Wenge stretched out his hand and pointed to the tombstone and said, "...... I'm afraid this is the only person in the world who really understands the true meaning of these two words......"

……

After returning from Zhaoling, Li Wenge went directly to the Chang'an County Bureau.

Chang'an ordered Liang Tingfu to welcome Li Wenge very respectfully. While accompanying the smiling face, he said puzzledly: "The lowly post has received the general's edict, although I don't understand what it means, but I don't dare to slack off, yesterday the county tried the case overnight, the lowly post and the county lieutenant were busy all night, and finally completed it according to the general's instructions, Jingzhao Prison ** counted thirty-eight thieves, and the lowly county sent six officials to explain, scheduled to leave tomorrow, and fill the army in Yanzhou......"

Li Wenge nodded: "Your county understands that all the perpetrators of the theft case?" ”

"Yes?"

"Are they all Chang'an locals?"

"The perpetrators of several small pickpocketing cases are locals, and the rest of the people who commit burglary or homicide are not locals. The general Mingjian said that the locals would not do big cases in the local area, and they would have to go to Linzhou or even farther away to do big cases, so that the local government would not be able to verify them, and secondly, they would not show their feet if they fled back to the local area. ”

Li Wenge nodded: "Will there be too few escorts for six people?" ”

Liang Tingfu said: "No, there are two miscellaneous soldiers accompanying them, these criminals are carrying heavy flails, and they will not feed them every day, they lack strength, and they can't take off their ......."

Li Wenge smiled: "But it's troublesome to bother your county......"

Liang Tingfu replied with a smile: "Where, where, the general has been sent, it is the luck of the humble position!" ”

Li Wenge nodded: "Not only this time, if you still have a theft case here in the future, you can send it to Yanzhou to deal with it." ”

"Yes...... It's ......"

Liang Tingfu raised his head and asked cautiously, "What is the use of so many thieves in the general's army?" ”

Li Wenge smiled: "The military aircraft is a major event, there is nothing to say!" ”

"Yes——!" Liang Tingfu smiled bitterly and shut up.

"Liang Mingfu, please think about it, you don't have the power to kill people in your hands, so many prisoners are in prison and can't be disposed of, isn't it a big disaster? Now that the world is chaotic and there are so many lawbreakers, your prison is always full, and now I help you get these people to serve in the frontier, don't you have a lot less burden? ”

"Yes, yes-" Liang Xian Ling only said yes, but asked again: "Don't give them numbers and imprints, after they arrive in the army, aren't the generals afraid that these people will escape?" There are no marks on the face, and it will be difficult to catch if you escape......"

Li Wenge shook his head again and again and said, "No...... Not...... With the symbol on my face, I don't want these people......"

Liang Fu was dumbfounded.

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After leaving Chang'an, Li Wenge stayed near Tongguan for three days, taking Lu Duan to visit this military fortress that has been isolated from the east since the Sui and Tang dynasties.

Li Wenge had to look everywhere, which made Sheng Qiong extremely dissatisfied, but Li Wenge's level was too much higher than him, and he had a good temperament in hand, so he didn't dare to offend, so he had to let it go.

During this period, Li Wenge's personal soldiers had a conflict with the soldiers of the defending army, and the two soldiers defending the city were knocked down by a personal soldier of the Eighth Route Army in a blink of an eye, and more than a dozen soldiers defending the city rushed up with weapons and did not dare to move forward, because several companions standing around the personal soldiers showed their crossbow arrows behind their backs almost at the same time, after all, the defenders of Tongguan had seen some of the world and knew the power of this thing.

In the end, it was the leader of the other party's pro-soldiers, who was said to be able to move only one hand, stepped forward to solve the problem, and he made it clear that as long as one of these soldiers could break his wrist to win him, he apologized to the soldiers who had just been knocked down, and invited everyone to drink for 500 yuan.

Looking at this person's short figure and thin body, the soldiers of the defending army rushed forward one by one with a scream, but they were defeated one by one. The thin young man's weak arm seemed to be pregnant with inexhaustible strength, like a hard and thick iron tong......

Tongguan is such an important military town, and the imperial court has stationed two commanded troops.

Li Wenge wandered around the front and back of the mountain for three days, until his own soldiers secretly drew the terrain and landforms, mountains, rivers and rivers of the entire Tongguan, and marked all the major roads and small roads clearly, and then continued to move forward to Fengling Pass to meet with Han Wei and others.

After the two roads converged, they traveled eastward along the post road between the two capitals, passing through Ruxiang, Yongle and Hongnong counties, and arrived in Shaanzhou.

The group lived in Shaanzhou for five days, on the one hand, Han Wei wanted to report to his mother on the progress of his family affairs, and on the other hand, the New Year was approaching, Li Wenge simply decided to spend the New Year in Shaanzhou.

The right Xiaowei general Yanzhou Jiedu envoy stationed in Shaanzhou is not an ordinary thing, Han Tong is not in Shaanzhou, Li Wenge's official rank is the largest, and the personal guards of more than 100 people also carry more than 100 horses, this formation is also quite amazing.

Although the ancients were not so generous during the New Year, there were many complicated etiquettes to pay attention to. This is already the third year that Li Wenge has come to this era, when the first year of the Yuan Zheng day came, he hid in the kitchen and secretly nibbled on grain and flour cakes, and in the second year, he was holding a wine bowl to give a speech to everyone at the camp vigil.

This notebook called "Qin Kuo" was made by a small official who served as a craftsman in Shaofu during the Yuan and He periods, and it describes some weapons and techniques that appeared in the legendary Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period.

There were many books on culture and poetry in this era, but there were almost no books on engineering and technology.

This kind of book itself is few, and it is even less to be passed down to future generations, and the ancient printing technology is not developed, and it is extremely difficult to preserve this kind of information.

Basically, what could be made in the Bronze Age, should be made in this era.

Li Wenge's level of reading of ancient literature will be enough, and it is difficult to read those obscure mathematical classics, but it is more than enough to read such books.

On Chinese New Year's Eve, a heavy snowfall stained the sky and the earth white, Li Wenge did not feel how to read indoors, the wind blew the window paper and made a whirl, he woke up to the temperature outside at the moment at the moment was more than ten degrees below zero, and immediately ordered the soldiers on duty to call Kang Shi over.

"Stone...... It was too cold, so I told the brothers to go into the house to keep warm, and just leave two sentry posts! ”

Li Wenge commanded.

"No way!" Kang Shi vetoed his order with the utmost firmness.

"This is the Han family's land, there is no big safety problem, don't let the brothers get frozen outside!" Li Wenge didn't mind Huaikang's confrontation, and commanded gently.

"My lord, the post man in the post station came five times today, twice to deliver food, once to deliver water, and twice to deliver firewood, each time he had to personally send in, but he was stopped by the brothers before he reluctantly left, since the evening, there have always been people walking around the post station, although I don't know who they are, running out on Chinese New Year's Eve, when they are not good people - the situation is unknown, the sentry cannot be removed!"

"Oh——?" Li Wenge closed the book, his brows furrowed, and his eyes were blazing......