Chapter 4 Thunder and Decree Medieval Terminality

Even Jiang Ke put down his body and asked again: "Then the prince, in your opinion, if we fight with Tubo in Liangzhou, what will be the result of our Tang army?" ”

"Liangzhou?" Li Wei thought about it for a while, and when the book was used, it seemed that even when Li Zhiwu Zetian, the Tang Dynasty and Tubo had great victories, but they lost even worse, so they didn't know where they failed and where they lost. So he answered more carefully, and said slowly: "In Liangzhou, we Datang have been operating for many years, and the people's hearts are towards our Datang, as long as we choose a good fighter, we can take advantage of the time, place and people." Of course, it also depends on the arrangement of the chief general and the ability to dispatch troops. In fact, not only in Liangzhou, but also in the Western Regions and Heyuan, where the region is flat, the terrain is not very high, and the impact on our army is not great. However, after Chiling, the terrain is high, or east of Chiling, if we fight in a mountainous area with high terrain, it will not be good for our army. ”

"Then you say that Qinghai can't be recovered?" Jiang Ke asked again, it's none of his business, hang high, he led the army to the general manager of the Liangzhou Road march, even if Liangzhou is safe and sound, what if the imperial court issues an edict to let him recover Qinghai?

"Manager Jiang, according to Gu's opinion, in fact, Liangzhou should have nothing to do now, Tubo has recently recovered Tuyuhun, and it has to be digested for a while. Liangzhou is an important business route for my Datang, and it is also the throat leading to the Western Regions. Tibet has not yet grown to this point. If it is lonely, even if it attacks at this time, it will not attack Liangzhou, but will attack here. ”

He pointed to the map, which was the four towns of Anxi, and said: "The four towns of the Western Regions are far away from our Datang, and there are many people of different races. On the contrary, the great war needs supplies, and it is very difficult to transport supplies to the Western Regions. Speaking of counterattacking Qinghai, this is also necessary, there is salt, there are horses. ”

It's just two sentences, and everyone is silent together.

At this time, the salt did not come out, the salt was boiled in the coastal areas, and the lake salt in the east of the inland area, the well salt in Bashu and the salt pond in Yanzhou were either the lake salt in Qinghai. The salt tax is one of the important revenues of the state. With the loss of Qinghai, the imperial court undoubtedly lost a major financial pillar. Tubo is also short of salt, and has obtained Qinghai Lake, which is not good for Datang, but more beneficial to the growth of Tubo.

Qinghai's war horses are even more useless to the military.

There is also the four towns of Anxi, about just now did not take out this part of the report, the prince did not see it, it is precisely because of last spring that Tubo captured the four towns of Anxi, so that the four towns of Anxi were abolished, the imperial court was furious and asked Xue Rengui to send troops.

Haven't you heard the news of the prince, is that soul loss real?

But it also shows the wisdom of the prince.

"To recover Qinghai, do not divide and weaken Tibet, unless the Tang Dynasty has the skills of General Li Dagong, Shen Guogong. If not, then there is only one way, let the soldiers stay on the top of a big mountain with high terrain, train hard for three or four years, adapt to that kind of high climate, and then have a famous general to lead. Otherwise, in the face of the Tubo people, the Geerqin Mausoleum, the result will not be very wonderful. After thinking about it, he said, "People have strengths, and so do horses." Not only people, but also war horses entering the plateau area, may not be able to catch up with the war horses of Tibet. The rest, Lone can't think of. ”

Pretending to be forced is about strength.

These views were thought by later generations from the perspective of a bystander, and since Li Wei wrote them down, coming to this world is his knowledge. Don't say this one, that is, he has the ability to write down all the poems and lyrics of the Tang Dynasty and the Song Dynasty and plagiarize them, who dares to say that he didn't do it?

However, if you continue to install it, it will be the details, and it will be exposed.

But that's enough!

Li Wei's views have opened an important window for these wise elders. Several elders began to have a lively discussion.

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Maybe he was really angry with Li Hong, Wu Zetian randomly clicked the names of the two guards and asked the two princesses to marry.

But immediately reacted, this is not good. Although the two guards have a good background and can match the children of heaven, after all, there are some gaps.

Besides, when the children of heaven got married, they did it too hastily, and they gave others more handles. So he issued a holy decree again, and promoted Wang Miao to the commander of Yingzhou Thorn Shi and Ma Du, and Quan Yi to Zuo Guoyi of Qichuan Prefecture. He also ordered the Zongzheng Temple and the officials of the Ministry of Rites who stayed in Chang'an to prepare for the wedding ceremony.

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Spring is getting stronger day by day.

Although the drought was severe, the Longshou Canal did not dry up, moistening the flowers and plants of the palace.

The sky was dark, and when Li Wei walked out of the Yanying Hall where the prime minister was deliberating, there was a gratifying light rain, and the flowers were particularly bright and dazzling in the rain and fog.

When I returned to the East Palace, I heard the news.

Li Wei frowned and couldn't help laughing, but he smiled bitterly. The two half-sisters should be out of the ordinary, as long as they cooperate with the horse, they will be low-key people, and they can be regarded as getting out of the sea of suffering in this life, but the mother, I am afraid that the resentment in my heart is deeper.

At this time, another report was reported outside the palace: "The queen's decree has arrived." ”

That is, Wu Zetian's holy decree, Li Wei immediately walked out of the dormitory to meet the holy decree. It was a middle-aged father-in-law with clear eyebrows who welcomed him in and instructed Bi'er to make tea for the father-in-law, but he refused: "Prince, the slave and maid still have official duties, and they want to return to the Eastern Capital immediately, so let's accept the order." ”

He speaks with a smile, but this rush and deliberate avoidance makes people feel a little cold.

Li Wei had no choice but to bow down to accept the decree, and the eunuch picked up the holy decree and read: "The prince is so good......

How are you doing? Four words revealed the anger in Wu Zetian's heart!

"......" After a lot of innocuous nonsense, the eunuch read again: "You are riddled with scabies, worrying about state affairs, and your strength is insufficient, so why not care about the affairs of the palace." The country, the country of the world, not the country of others. ……”

did not write about the family of one person, the fact that the Tang Dynasty was the world of the Li family, and the country of the world was clearly a high-sounding statement. But it's different if you write him alone and add him a word! Who are the two princesses? They are the daughters of Concubine Xiao Shu, not orthodox. Think about Wu Zetian's grievances with Queen Wang and Concubine Xiao Shu.

Li Wei broke out in a cold sweat again when he heard this.

There is only one sentence of rebuke in the holy decree, but this one sentence is sufficient.

After listening to the holy decree, he replied in a low voice: "The sons obey the queen's decree." ”

He turned around again and said to Bi'er: "Go and get three hundred silks, and thank the chamberlain for the decree." ”

I can't think of any other good way, in fact, it's good to be the crown prince, the world is big, Lao Tzu is second. Why do you have to be an emperor? But who believes in the ideas of this modern man? But no matter what, the relationship with Wu Zetian must be repaired.

Although Wu Zetian agreed to marry the two princesses of Yiyang Xuancheng because of his own force, he was very unhappy in his heart, so he used this reprimand. There are so many affairs in the world that have not been managed well, how can you have the heart to take care of the affairs of the palace in the palace!

Secretly exposed her dissatisfaction, and the disappointment that she didn't understand her. At least if Concubine Xiao Shufei is allowed to develop, the position of the crown prince, Li Hong will not think about it. It's not easy to say it directly, so I use extremely tactful words to express it in Yizhi.

If you throw away the history in the future, Wu Zetian is fighting for it, and the biggest benefit is not herself, but Li Hong. However, the two princesses stayed in the palace and did not get married, so no one really knew? How can it be! They are Li Zhi's biological daughters, how many daughters does Li Zhi have? No one dared to say it, but they didn't expect Li Hong to mention it in the end, and he still wrote it so directly.

Li Wei sighed in his heart, if it were himself, even if he mentioned it, he would not use this method. This Li Hong............

The eunuch who preached this edict undoubtedly had to be Wu Zetian's cronies.

Three hundred pieces of silk, not too much, not too much, less is not a lot, the silk from the East Palace, and it is a reward to Wu Zetian's cronies, all of them are high-grade raw silk, the market price of each horse is close to 700 Wen, about more than 200 yuan, in a normal year, a piece of money can buy fifty or sixty buckets of rice, of course, the price cannot be calculated according to the price of rice, but the actual value of a piece of money is equivalent to 500 yuan.

"The crown prince's kindness, the slave and maid dare not accept it, the crown prince should do it himself."

When the eunuch spoke, his tone was very sarcastic. This matter is good, it is Li Hongrenai. It's not good to say, it's selling his mother's grace to make a name. For the sake of fame, he trampled his mother into a mud pit.

Li Hong is very anxious in his heart, he can make the world miss him, and he can't let his cheap mother miss him. benevolence, let's wait until I sit firmly in the position of emperor in the future. After thinking about it, he said, "Then, can you trouble the chamberlain to bring a letter to the queen." ”

"Please."

Li Hong picked up a smile and wrote on the jute paper: "What the queen mother said is very true, the sons and daughters are young, and they don't do anything more, and they hope that their mothers will forgive their sins."

In February, the drought was anxious, and there was occasional spring rain, and the sons were happy and went out to pray. The rain is falling, and the sons are drenched in the rain. Thousands of miles away, the spring flowers are blooming, and the early spring is warm and cold. The father and the emperor are in good health, and the queen mother also assists in state affairs. and worried about his sons, and his sons felt guilty and uneasy.

There is no filial piety, so the Shangyi Bureau made several spring clothes, and sent them to the father and queen mother, taking care of the dragon's health. The father and the queen mother are safe, and the sons and daughters are at peace. The day before yesterday, I saw a swaddling baby, and suddenly thought about the pain of pregnancy in October, and composed a poem dedicated to the queen. Mother is pregnant for a month, unconsciously. The mother was pregnant for two months, and she only knew her feelings. The mother was pregnant for three months, and the diet was tasteless. The mother was four months pregnant and her limbs were weak. My mother was five months pregnant, dizzy. The mother was pregnant for six months, and she was worried. The mother is seven months pregnant, and her body is as heavy as a mountain. My mother was eight months pregnant and didn't dare to laugh. The mother is nine months pregnant, and it is difficult to move forward. The mother was pregnant for ten months before leaving the mother's arms. ”

"What kind of poem is this?" Bi'er asked in surprise.

In order to prevent the East Palace from repeating the mistakes of Li Chengqian and Li Tai, Li Zhi asked Li Hong to move into the East Palace alone when he was eight years old and asked the famous ministers to teach him. Li Hong was also very competitive, and he studied diligently, so much so that he lacked activity and suffered from pulmonary fistula.

But his literary talent is indeed very good, and he will definitely not write such crude poetry.

"Isn't it good?" Li Wei asked. The poems are vulgar, but they are sincere. For the current Wu Zetian, I don't want the article to be gorgeous, but to Li Hong to warm her disappointed heart. No matter how gorgeous the article is, can it surpass Cao Zhi?

Sure enough, when the eunuch saw it, he said in a mittish manner: "The prince's letter is very well written." But the prince, have you forgotten one thing, there are three eight-rank palms in the East Palace with a number of palace maids, who specialize in making clothes for the East Palace, but the Shangyi Bureau is compiled by the palace. ”

Very level of speech.

Li Wei really didn't know, the lie was exposed, Li Wei smiled embarrassedly, and said: "This servant, this time he burned very badly, and he probably had soul loss, and when he woke up after his illness, he couldn't think about many things, but he couldn't remember." ”

"Lost soul?"

"But Your Highness has recovered a lot," Bi'er interjected nervously.

"It's okay, maybe it will get better after a while. Actually, it's not necessarily a bad thing, at least Lone's handwriting is better than before. ”

Li Hong is soft on the outside and rigid on the inside, the words are like his person, I have seen a lot of Li Hong's writing, the handwriting is strong and powerful, but it lacks vivid changes and fun. When he wrote, he deliberately imitated Li Hong's handwriting, but he didn't succeed. However, I have practiced Yan since I was a child, and I can barely get calligraphy. I didn't expect that his hand was Li Hong's hand that had practiced calligraphy for more than ten years, coupled with his understanding of calligraphy, the combination of the two was much better than his own writing, and it was also much more interesting than Li Hong's calligraphy, and he faintly wrote the true taste of Yan Ti!

In fact, calligraphy can only be regarded as a small way for Li Hong, and it seems that there is no such thing as distinguishing a person by handwriting in this era. The top priority is the change in his relationship with Wu Zetian. Therefore, they didn't pay much attention to it, but it was this letter that made the eunuch see a turnaround, so he kindly reminded him. What about soul loss? bowing his head to Wu Zetian is what this eunuch is concerned about.

Li Wei said again: "Bi'er, didn't you hear the words of the chamberlain?" ”

Bi'er was interested, and immediately went down to find the palm crack of the inner palace.

Seeing the turnaround, the eunuch also became interested, sat down, sipped tea, and said: "But the word Your Highness makes the slave and maid faintly feel that it is transcendent. ”

Yan Ti has not yet appeared. It's not that the calligraphy is not good at this time, Ouyang Xun, Yu Shinan, and Chu Suiliang are famous through the ages, and the little Ouyang Ouyang Tong, Xue Ji and Cao Shengsun Guoting, who are about to come out, are also very famous in history. Li Shimin himself is also a master of calligraphy, and his children, including Wu Zetian, have a good hand in calligraphy.

But at this time, the regular script is still transformed from Wei Li, and it is mainly charming, even if Yu Shu is strong, it is still soft on the outside and rigid on the inside, and it is self-congratulatory. Da Ou Ruo will go deeper, and the pen is dangerous, but it is still mainly elegant and handsome. As for Chu Suiliang, she is even more like a beautiful Chanjuan, rich and charming to the extreme! In any case, between the strokes, it is even thinner. is that Li Shimin is the first emperor of the ages, but he can write charmingly like a little girl in the south of the Yangtze River.

Calligraphy like Yan Ti, which is fat and has a strong bones, has almost never been seen in history.

At this time, whether it is a word or a poem, it is all based on the beauty as the mainstream, just like Su Dongpo's words, at that time, it was not considered by the world to be a top-notch word, and it was not established until a long time after his death. But this kind of handwriting will definitely amaze the world.

"The waiter has won the award." After Li Wei finished speaking, he continued to write: "There are virtuous ministers such as Dai Xiang to participate in state affairs, and the sons and daughters are weak, so they can only be observed. The queen mother, can you allow the children to leave Jingzhao and go to Luoyang, and do their filial piety by the side of the father and queen mother. Erchen Hong, sobbing up. ”

If you want Wu Zetian to be happy and get her to serve and brag about her fart, now that she is in Chang'an, Wu Zetian is in Luoyang, which is not good. Of course, staying in Chang'an to supervise the country is fake, mainly because Li Zhi asked him to follow the prime minister and learn how to govern the country. But I can't even save my life, what do you want this false name for?

The eunuch blew the ink with satisfaction and said, "This letter, the slave and maid will definitely keep it and convey it to the queen immediately." ”

"Thank you," Li Hongshen bowed. Don't think that you are the crown prince, if you want your mother to be happy, you have to say good things about the people around her.

"Prince, you are a slave and maid," the eunuch helped Li Wei up in fear.

The East Palace is a ******, the preparation is huge, once it is activated, the action is very fast, and a few spring clothes will be made in a while. In fact, it doesn't matter if the clothes are not clothes, what I want is Li Hong's filial piety. Li Hong took out five hundred horses of silk again, and this time the eunuch did not refuse, and accepted it with a smile.

Watching him leave, Li Wei breathed a sigh of relief. After this remedy, things were developing in a good direction, turned his head, and asked Bi'er: "What did you mean by the mother emperor's letter just now, which was riddled with depression?" ”

"Prince, have you even forgotten this, the miasma is tuberculosis."

Li Wei's body shook for a while, this crossing was really unlucky. As soon as he came in, he offended Wu Zetian, and not only that, but he also got tuberculosis, what is tuberculosis? It's tuberculosis. No wonder he is the crown prince, except for this Bi'er, no one who is really close to him has seen it.

What did tuberculosis mean in the Middle Ages? Incurable disease!