Chapter Thirty-Four: The Bestowal of the Horse
The atmosphere of the early dynasty was very solemn, although the announcement was a festive will, for example, Princess Xiangcheng was married to Cheng Chumo, Princess Runan was married to Changsun Chong, Princess Nanping was married to Dugu Xin, Princess Sui'an was married to Qin Shuang, and Princess Changle was renamed Princess Tiansheng to marry Yanglin. There are always signs that the first four princesses are married in order to pave the way for the marriage of the last eldest princess, and one is born with a name, and the other is given a name, which is simply a match between these two as golden boys and girls.
Yang Lin, who had inhaled the 'yin qi' in the cold wind for most of the night, that is, the cold air, sneezed again, I don't know why, from last night to now, his sneezes have been double.
"That's all for today, go down and rest!" Li Bin, who had been sitting on the bluestone with his eyes closed, suddenly spoke, Yang Lin thought that Li Bin had fallen asleep a long time ago, because the practice method of Guyue Daowen was sleeping, but he seemed to be sleeping, and he seemed to sleep when he invented and created zào, Yanglin sometimes suddenly wanted to switch to Guyue Daowen's disciple to learn martial arts, so it was too comfortable to practice, and Guyue Daowen never seemed to have taught him a little about literature, except for recognizing a few words.
When Yang Lin said goodbye to Li Bin and arrived at Chengqian Palace, it was crowded with eunuchs and palace maids, and Ma Yongquan, who was in charge of announcing the decree, was still wearing a red wedding robe, and smiled at Yang Lin with a wrinkled face like a chrysanthemum.
"Congratulations to the heavens for bestowing the horses, congratulations to the heavens for the horses, please come forward to receive the order."
"Wait, what's going on? A Heavenly Horse? Me? Yang Lin had a threaded ring in his eyes, and he almost fell down when he was unstable, it is understandable to get married in his teens, and he got married at the age of seven, isn't this a doll parent? The feudal society of all evils, the monarch of all evils decides a qiē system!
Yang Lin didn't know what he had suffered, anyway, he had been wrapped in a well-fitting new clothes, and was led by Ma Yongquan's chicken-like palm to the Taiji Hall to thank the emperor Xià, from this well-tailored clothes, it can be seen that Li Er had premeditated!
The freshly baked big red robe of the five big horses stood on the Taiji Hall to thank him, Yanglin was the youngest, but he was a horse with a number, and he was married to the eldest princess, so he stepped forward and followed by four thirteen or fourteen-year-old boys.
A long list of cumbersome ancient passages were read by the eunuch of the ceremonial eunuch was a tone and frustration, Yanglin didn't understand a word, but the last paragraph was still clear, the remaining four horses will get married next year, and Yanglin himself will get married after seven years, and the emperor will choose a site outside the palace to build a mansion for the princesses, of course, the mansion of these five princesses is the mansion of the concubines in the future, and now Datang has no money, so I will allocate land for you first, and then start building when you have money.
In front of hundreds of civil and military officials in the Tang Dynasty, Yang Lin didn't dare to say a word of opposition, this is related to Li Er's majesty, if he doesn't want to rebel, it's best to agree honestly, otherwise, for the sake of face, Li Er may really be able to kill, after the reward, a few teenagers who are not very sensible, or even ' The children' were taken by the eunuch to the eldest grandson's dormitory to thank him, and the eldest grandson happily accepted the kneeling of the sons-in-law, and at the same time asked them what they thought about getting married, and what requirements were for the construction of the princess's mansion, now Li Er has no money, but the eldest grandson has made money through the guò fashion store, and he can secretly support the princesses, the implication is obvious, that is, the princess's princess's mansion has been built by a few concubines themselves, and the palace is responsible for nodding at most, the daughter of the Li family is so generous, just go to the individual, you have to build the palace, and arrange the land, nominally these assets belong to the royal princess, which is simply a robbery in disguise。
"Xiao Linzi, you still have seven years to build the Horse Mansion, you are a horse with a number, and Lizhi is the eldest daughter of His Majesty, the construction of the mansion can not be worse than the other four, the land of Chang'an City is up to you, mother-in-law, I will fully support you." The eldest grandson's eyes have never left Yanglin from the beginning, and Yanglin's face is also extremely bad, he can understand why Li Er is engaged in a set of marriage plans with such fanfare, but he is a little unhappy when he is swayed by the marriage psychology, he has been a human being for two lives, and he got married before he really fell in love, which is too much of a loss.
"Son-in-law knows."
Yang Lin agreed by inertia, even if he expressed his attitude to the eldest grandson and admitted this marriage, in front of Li Er, he would not dare to object, and there would be no need to oppose it here.
Lunch is a nutritious meal given by the queen's mother, in fact, it is a big pot of Northeast stew, completed by the chef of Wangjia Village, needless to say that I know who the original creator is, it is really cool to eat and stew in the cold weather, a few new horses have eaten and drunk enough and wiped their mouths away, Yanglin was indeed left by the eldest grandson.
"What, not happy?" The eldest grandson ordered someone to remove a pot of untouched stew on the Yanglin table and asked.
"Don't dare."
"That's not happy, this palace knows that you are a person who does not want to be bound, even if you are bound by His Majesty and me, but this palace also has a reason to do this, you should be considerate of this palace." The eldest grandson knew that this time he might not use his usual tricks would not work, and became bitter.
"The kid knows that if he doesn't get the protection of His Majesty and Niangniang, I'm afraid the kid's fate will not be good, so he didn't refuse." Yang Lin's answer was still expressionless, not to show his face to the eldest grandson, he was thinking, could a smart and clever child really implement his ideas so smoothly in the feudal Tang Dynasty? This qiē seems simple, he solved a lot of problems in Datang in a few words, but the person who really solved it was Li Er, a demon-like child appeared in Datang, the most likely situation is to be scrambled by all parties, when the competition can't be scrambled, he would rather be ruined than let the other party's interest group get, Yanglin has no ability to protect himself in Datang, he needs to be sheltered, it just so happens that Li Er jumped out to protect him as soon as possible, which is why Yanglin hates Chuntao very much, but never drove her away.
"There is a monster in your head, he is so smart that he doesn't need me to explain anything, but today this palace can give you a promise, if you have someone you like in the future, this palace will definitely not prevent you from taking a concubine, in your concubine mansion, you have absolute autonomy, which is why His Majesty gave you' The reason for the name of the Heavenly Grant, so obviously tying you to the chariot of the imperial family, is definitely a kind of protection for you, you may not know, last night there was news that at the foot of Chang'an City, someone can blatantly rob the imperial court of 800,000 stone grain and rice, these hidden potential forces are always trying their best to deal with Your Majesty, and you may turn to deal with you after getting some news, you are too important to Your Majesty, in order to protect you, even if you use some means you don't like, there is no way to do it。 ”
What the eldest grandson said was exactly what Yang Lin was thinking about just now, but the second half was what Yang Lin cared about, and sure enough, something happened, and the news that the emperor announced the marriage with the powerful ministers at such a stall was to cover up the news that the grain and grass were robbed.
"That's the ration for millions of people in Chang'an City this winter, who is so bold?"
Yang Lin only showed a smile on the face of the eldest grandson after he asked this sentence, such a person who cares about the world, the eldest grandson can only rest assured that he will hand over his most beloved daughter to him.
"According to His Majesty's estimates, there are three forces with such energy, the most powerful of which are the four major families, the Taishan Dou family, the Fanyang Lu family, the Jiangnan Chen family and the Guanzhong Dugu family, the four of them are the representatives of the four families in the southeast, northwest and northwest directions of the Tang Dynasty, although one of them is difficult to compete with my Li family, but if they join forces, it is not too much to do anything, and it is to become the first object of His Majesty's suspicion.
The second force is the alliance of merchants in various places, although they seem to run their own businesses, but they also have unified rules, and sometimes even have unified actions, such as stockpiling grain together in disaster years, closely following materials during war, and every merchant has always been armed in hand, and even multiple armed forces, they have a good relationship with the family, and even many of them have the shadow of the family, they also have bandits, bandits, and forces around the Tang Dynasty, so that they can benefit from it, The grain shipped to Cheng'an City directly affected the interests of the merchants, and they were able to do so, so His Majesty listed them as the second object of suspicion.
The third force is the remnants of the princes of the late Sui Dynasty, they usually hide very deeply, His Majesty suspects that they have formed an alliance, the specific scale is not clear, only know that there is a force active in many places beyond the control of the imperial court, if they want to start an incident, it is not impossible. ”
Yang Lin analyzed the situation that the eldest grandson said and immediately began to calculate, the family, for the sake of inheritance, they don't like to see war the most, then the same goes for merchants, if there is a war, whose money do they earn, it is not worth it to fall out with the court for the sake of a temporary rice and grain business, and they do not have the courage to do so, then, the only people who can do this and dare to do this are those staunch rebels of the previous dynasty, they have ambition and strength, and when they find that they can knock down this empire with one punch, they will not hesitate to strike.
"Is there any news from the people sent to investigate?" Yang Lin asked with a frown.
"There's only one message, and that's no news." The eldest grandson was very powerless.
Hearing this, Yang Lin thought for a moment, but he raised his eyebrows and smiled, this smile was like a sun flower blooming in winter in the eyes of the eldest grandson, making all the haze dissipate in an instant.