Chapter 72 Fold the chopsticks
Weizhou.
Since the first month of the twentieth year of Tianyou, there has been no rain in Weizhou in April, a large area of fertile land outside the city has died, the canal has been cut off, and there have been many discussions in the market, and the people are all worried.
In April, the sky in Weizhou was still cloudless, the sun was shining, and it looked no different from usual. But not only Weizhou, everyone in the world knows that today is not an ordinary day. In the city of Weizhou, thousands of empty alleys and hundreds of people gather in the south of Yacheng.
In the south of the tooth city, there is the emperor's altar.
Around the emperor's altar, the thorn flag covers the sky, the emperor's altar is left and right, the guards are lined up, and before the emperor's altar, hundreds of officials bow their heads.
As far as the eye can see, the purple, crimson, green, and blue official robes are gathered into one, which is extremely bright and dazzling.
Some people wear yellow dragon robes and stand on the emperor's altar to worship Haotian God.
After worshipping, the man turned around and sat on the dragon chair, overlooking the ministers.
The subjects knelt down and congratulated, and their voices went straight to the sky, "Congratulations to Your Majesty on the throne of the emperor, long live my emperor, long live, long live." ”
The cries were endless, vibrating in Unai.
On that day, Li Cunqiao was the emperor.
Sixteen years after Zhu Wen usurped the Tang Dynasty, the banner of the Tang Empire once again fluttered in the land of China. At that time, the Tang Emperor had 13 festivals and 50 states.
The ministers congratulated the end, Li Cunqiao took the royal drive to Yingtianmen, and looked at the wall in front of the city tower, and saw the people of the Tang Dynasty.
The celebrant and the official announced in public: "Change the 20th year of Tianyou to the first year of Tongguang, and grant amnesty to the world, since April 25, except for the ten evils and five rebellions, arson and robbery, killing people with rods, official pawns, slaughtering cattle to make money, and making poison, there is no severity of the crime, and it will be pardoned...... The people have three generations that have not been separated, and they are free from miscellaneous. All the ways should be auspicious, no need to smell it. The pardon should not have been written, and the secretary of the commission should have heard the clouds. ”
After the official of the celebrant finished announcing the system, he handed the edict to the officials on the left and right, and announced it to the world.
The sky is clear, and black clouds suddenly rise so far, and the rain falls.
The rain fell in Weizhou, and the people thought it was auspicious, so they did not kneel and worship, and the mountains shouted long live.
The royal return to the palace.
At this time, a cavalry with a military newspaper galloped into the city from the west, reaching the outside of the palace. The military newspaper was quickly delivered to the imperial study.
When the military report arrived at the imperial study, Li Cunqiao was meeting with the ministers of the imperial court, and there were three people present, the new seal of the door under the squire, the Tongzhong book under the door of the Ping Zhangshi, and the Taiqing Palace envoy Zuo Prime Minister Dou Luge; The new seal of the book Lang Pingzhangshi, the right prime minister Lu Chengwei; Li Dexiu in the newly sealed imperial history.
The army reported: Li Congjing, deputy envoy of Xiangzhou regimental training and general of Qimen Town, led a hundred battle troops to relieve the siege of Zezhou a few days ago, wiped out the 10,000 thief army led by the rebel general Li Jitao and the pseudo-Liang Huaizhou assassin Shi, beheaded Li Jitao and Dong Zhang, recovered Luzhou, and conquered Huaizhou.
Dou Luge, Lu Chengwei, and Li Delin were all shocked when they heard this, and congratulated Li Cunqiao together, "Congratulations to Your Majesty, the empire is prosperous, and the Tang Dynasty will no longer be governed by fifty states, but fifty-one states!" ”
The voice fell, and another army reported, saying: A few days ago, Li Congjing, the deputy envoy of Xiangzhou regiment training and the general of Qimen Town, led the Hundred Battle Army and Huaizhou outside the city to defeat 5,000 pseudo-Liang troops and beheaded Zhu Quanzhou, the envoy of the pseudo-Liang Heyang Festival!
With it, Li Congjing's 800-mile urgent recital was presented.
Douluge and others praised: "Congratulations to my emperor, and I have to be a strong general, and the destruction of Liang is just around the corner!" ”
After seeing the concert presented by Li Congjing, Li Cunqiao was overjoyed, and immediately took the case: "Li Congjing, the deputy envoy of Xiangzhou regiment training and the general of Qimen Town, exterminated the traitors for the country, punished the thief army, and opened up the territory for the empire, wouldn't it be a great contribution." Feng Li Congjing was named the assassin and defense envoy of Huaizhou, commanding the military and political affairs of Huaizhou, and the Hundred Battles Army was stationed in Huaizhou! ”
The three important ministers are all good.
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The rain did not decrease, and the bean-sized droplets of water poured on the green tile eaves of the Xingtang Mansion (Weizhou) Palace, bursting out countless splashes, and gathered together, dripping down along the eaves.
Looking at the rain curtain of the entire Xingtang Mansion through the rain curtain under the eaves, the smoke and rain are hazy. The two prime ministers, Dou Luge and Lu Cheng, tightened their sleeves and did not move for a while. The newly made phoenix purple official robe fits very well, but it looks a little thin in the spring rain, and the black official boots are also splashed with a lot of rain, and the toes are wet.
"Let's go, Dou Lao, this rain has been stored for half a year, I'm afraid it won't be finished for a while, wait any longer, I guess I don't have to go back today." There is no need to reach out to catch the rain, Lu Chengwei also knew that the rain had not abated in the slightest, and he said to Dou Luge beside him.
Dou Luge replied softly, and someone next to him naturally opened a big umbrella for the two of them, and when he stepped into the rain, he could clearly feel the oncoming cool breeze, and his robe was inevitably wet. After being silent for a while, Dou Luge slowly spoke, "There is no rain in Weizhou in April, and today Your Majesty announced the system, and the heavy rain poured, so auspicious, but rare." Your Majesty, you're so happy at this moment. ”
Lu Cheng laughed twice for him, and walked slowly with his sleeves folded, "Xiangrui can certainly make Your Majesty happy, but it can be seen from the sentence in the edict 'All roads should have auspiciousness, no need to smell it', Your Majesty doesn't attach much importance to these." In comparison, it is the two military reports, the weight is more sufficient, Your Majesty is the master of eloquence and strategy, and he always thinks about destroying Liang in his heart, at this moment, there is a town for His Majesty to open up territory and expand territory, which is what can really make His Majesty happy. ”
This is exactly the topic that Douluge wants to talk about, his previous words are just an introduction, and now he took over, "The two military reports were not issued at the same time, but they arrived in front of His Majesty at the same time, but they are still today." That's a coincidence. ”
"There are too many coincidences in the world, but some of them are man-made." Lu Chengwei glanced at Dou Luge lightly, "Li Congjing, what do you think of Dou Lao?" ”
Dou Luge moved his gaze from the bluestone slab in front of his feet to the front, and the Zhu Wall around him was quietly quiet in the rain and fog, he paused before he said: "Li Siyuan is already very powerful, his son, it seems that he is not lost to him at all." Don't say you don't know, when Li Congjing led the troops to the expedition, there were only so many people? Less than four thousand. In the blink of an eye, he turned to Zezhou, Luzhou, and Huaizhou, and the total number of thieves against him was four times that of him, not to mention the successive big victories, and he captured Huaizhou. With such a skill, can there be a second person in the younger generation? ”
"He has good skills, and he knows how to flatter. Together, these two can not only make Your Majesty happy, but also help Your Majesty do things, how can such a future not have a bright future? Lu Chengwei sighed lightly, "You said that Li Siyuan doesn't know a few big characters, how did he give birth to such a son?" ”
"Old Lu, when you say this, it's a shame." Dou Luge teased, "What's the matter, Li Siyuan is red-eyed?" ”
Lu Cheng glanced at Dou Lu Ge angrily, "I'm red-eyed, but you're not red-eyed?" Saying that, he sighed, "From the Anshi Rebellion to the Huangchao disaster, it is an indisputable fact that most heroes are reckless and control the authority of the world, and the family is declining. In this world, it is no longer the family that controls the general trend, but the hero who grasps the trend, and can only stand in the court if he has the ability, and if he does not have the ability, he will decline! ”
Dou Luge was silent for a while, and said, "I heard that His Majesty intended to tell Li Congjing about a family affair before?" ”
"I've heard a little, but the twists and turns are not clear." Lu Chengwei said, "However, Li Congjing has been a personal guard for His Majesty for a year, and he was born and died with His Majesty's southern expedition and northern war, so he must have deep feelings." In addition, His Majesty and Li Siyuan are righteous brothers, and it is reasonable for His Majesty to care about some of Li Congjing's family affairs. ”
"The Holy Grace is Long!" Dou Luge sighed, "It seems that Li Siyuan's old boy is going to be happy this time, three generations of high positions, a new nobleman who can't run." ”
Lu Cheng smiled and said meaningfully: "The family is happy and the family is sad, Wu Jingzhong's old child, this time he has become a dumb man and eats Coptis chinensis, he can stand it." ”
"Brother Lu, when will you be able to change your half-talking?" Douluge sneered.
"Oh? Dou Lao saw what I was trying to say? Lu Cheng raised his eyebrows.
Dou Luge snorted coldly, and said lukewarmly: "Li Congjing's current scenery is scenery, but behind the scenery, when is there less darkness?" Not to mention that his holy family is too heavy, how many people will be jealous, how old is Li Congjing? Uncrowned age. If you are favored early, you will be humiliated. ”
"There is more than one famous general in the DPRK, Li Siyuan, but Li Congjing has only one, he has such a great credit this time, compared with Li Congjing, their children and grandchildren are no different from waste, that is, in front of Li Siyuan, the old guys can simply be said to be godsons! is which junior has made military achievements in the future, but Li Congjing Zhuyu is in front, who dares to boast of his ability? Those who can boast can't boast about their merits, and those who can get ten rewards can only get five points, will they still be happy? ”
"Li Congjing's record this time is too brilliant, so brilliant that he stands on the opposite side of too many people. If all the geniuses in the world are geniuses, it doesn't matter, but there is only one genius, then he is too dazzling, one person occupies the path of too many people, and mediocrity does not make geniuses down, how can they get ahead? ”
"And people who have big ambitions and great ambitions, and are also very brilliant, will regard them as fierce rivals and want to get rid of them quickly."
Speaking of this, Dou Luge glanced at Lu Chengwei and said in a low voice: "Don't forget, Your Majesty is also from the military, and none of his sons can match Li Congjing." ”
Dou Luge's last sentence made Lu Cheng shocked. After a long while, Lu Chengwei sighed and said, "Young people are too sharp, it's not a good thing after all!" ”
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A mansion in the city of Weizhou.
There are two people sitting opposite each other for a drink.
"Listening to the sound of rain and drinking wine, it really has a different artistic conception, Brother Li will pick the time." Shi Jingjiao put down his wine glass and couldn't help but sigh.
Li Congke picked a piece of meat and put it in his mouth, waved his hand while chewing, and said after swallowing the food: "The artistic conception of fart, where do I understand those things!" I called you here today, but I am just happy for a moment, and you and I may not have sat together and drunk wine for a long time. You bird, either in the barracks, or at home with your daughter-in-law, where do you remember that there is a brother like me! ”
Shi Jingjiao smiled bitterly: "Isn't this Brother Li's sister-in-law watching closely, brother, I really lack skills." ”
Li Congjing said disdainfully: "I don't know my sister yet? I don't dare to say it, but being virtuous and housekeeper is certain, how can it restrain you too much? You guy, you're too good at pretending, you're not happy, come on, punish yourself! ”
Shi Jingjiao didn't argue much, picked up the wine jug and poured it for himself before drinking it in one gulp, holding the chopsticks casually, but not picking vegetables, and asked casually: "I don't know what makes Brother Li so happy today?" ”
"You don't know?" Li Congke glanced at Shi Jingjiao vigorously, as if he wanted to see through him.
Shi Jingjiao finally picked a green vegetable, put it in the bowl, didn't look at Li Congke, and said indifferently: "Why does Brother Li look at me like this, why did the younger brother fool you?" ”
With a snort, Li Congke put down his chopsticks, looked at Shi Jingjiao and said, "There are two military newspapers in the west today, guess who sent this military newspaper and what is its content?" ”
"West?" Shi Jingjiao pondered for a moment, and suddenly raised his eyebrows, with a concerned look on his face, "Isn't it Congjing who has already conquered Luzhou and defeated Li Jitao?" ”
"Conquer Luzhou and defeat Li Jitao?" Li Congke smiled, took a bite of the dish, and said angrily: "You underestimate Congjing too much!" ”
"But how? Brother Li, don't sell it, talk about it quickly! Shi Jingjiao was very eager.
Li Congke was very satisfied with Shi Jingjiao's reaction, and no longer sold Guanzi, "Let me tell you the truth, Congjing not only conquered Luzhou, but also killed nearly 10,000 Li Dong's allied troops in one battle!" What's even more powerful is that he conquered Huaizhou and defeated the pseudo-Liang 5,000 Heyang army outside Huaizhou. Even the life of Zhu Quanzhou, the envoy of Heyang Jiedu, was also explained in the hands of Congjing! ”
"What?!" Shi Jingjiao broke the chopsticks in his hand.
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Thank you for the sword dance and the monthly pass!