Chapter 282: Xiangguo's Birthday Banquet
The army of Xia State pressed the border, and the 50,000 army invaded the border with great momentum, and such news could not be hidden no matter what.
Prosperity, the people suffer, death, the people suffer.
For ordinary people who just want to live in peace, there is nothing more frightening than war. The endless fighting brought only painful torment to the common people: their husbands and children died in the war, the land was occupied by foreign races, high taxes and layers of exploitation, and the people living at the bottom struggled in both physical and mental torture.
This time, Xia Guo gathered more soldiers and horses than ever before, and people with a little common sense know that this is definitely not just fighting the autumn wind, and this is not the season to disturb the border.
Countless rumors reveal a signal in the final analysis: the peaceful life that has lasted for more than ten years is finally coming to an end. For a time, the entire Bianjing was shrouded in gloom, and suppressed emotions spread in everyone's hearts.
Fortunately, at this time, a list of emperors made the people see hope.
Crusade against the Xia Kingdom!
For a long time, Datang was sandwiched between the Xia Kingdom and the Qi Kingdom, and the northern wars continued, so that the Tang Dynasty could only seek stability and adopt a passive defensive strategy against the invasion of the Xia Kingdom every winter. This kind of cowardly behavior of only being beaten and not fighting back has long made the people lose hope.
However, today, because of this imperial list, people's attitude towards the imperial court has completely changed.
General Xiyuwei commanded 50,000 soldiers and horses, and united with the 120,000 border soldiers of General Lingyun, a total of 170,000 soldiers and horses, to crusade against the Xia Kingdom!
It's not about shrinking in defense, it's not about rejecting the enemy, it's about crusading!
Such a piece of news was like a tsunami, and it swept the entire capital in an instant. Everyone rejoiced, relieved and proud that the young emperor could have such courage.
Born in troubled times, there is no one who does not want their country to be strong. Like Qin Shi Huang swept Liuhe, he broke the situation of the top three, and such a desire accompanied countless people from teenagers to whiteheads. And now, the emperor of the Tang Dynasty has bravely taken the first step.
has been bullied by Xia Guo for so many years, and there is no one in the Tang Dynasty who does not feel aggrieved. They plundered the cities, grain and women of the Tang Dynasty like rogues, leaving only ruins and ruins.
Such a blood feud can only be washed away with blood!
For a while, everyone who saw the emperor list spread the news as quickly as possible, for fear that their relatives and friends would not know. The whole capital was jubilant, as if it had encountered the grandest festival.
And today, the most lively in the entire Bianjing City is the Xiangguo Mansion.
Dongfang Yuanxing is a veteran of the Three Dynasties, and now the flowers are blooming and the leaves are scattered, the peach and plum are all over the world, and one-third of the key members of the entire Tang Dynasty are his protégés. And he is a very human minister, it can be said that one person is below ten thousand people. The birthday of such a heavyweight naturally has to be grandly organized.
It was not yet dawn, and people who came from all over the world to congratulate him on his birthday had already blocked the road in front of Xiangguo's Mansion. Some of these people are feudal officials, some are party officials, and there are local gentry, all of whom are famous and famous people. And now, they don't have the slightest temper, and honestly line up at the intersection, waiting for the door of Xiangguofu to open.
Although they are all in high power, no one feels inappropriate at this time. Because compared to the one in the courtyard, they were like fireflies, and if that person blew lightly, they were enough to be wiped out.
From early morning to evening, there is an endless stream of people entering the Xiangguo Mansion. A large part of them can only come and offer gifts, and they are not even qualified to sit at the table. Those who can stay are all the characters of the Tang Dynasty.
What I didn't expect was that there would be a place for Tang An among these people.
The sun sets, and the lights come on.
Tang An and Liu Tingge, who were dressed in men's clothes, walked side by side. How can it be said that Tang An is also an "important member" of the imperial court, and it is reasonable to have a secretary, right? If you want to bring Liu Tingge into Xiangguo's mansion, there is no more suitable reason than this.
Liu Tingge hid his long snow-white hair in a high hat, dragged a long brown hem like a housekeeper to the ground, and in order to hide his too soft face, he could also put a mustache under his nose. But Tang An, who knew her identity, always had the urge to commit a crime whenever he saw those big watery eyes and a seductive cherry mouth.
"Girlfriend, when we get married, I'll teach you to play a game called role-playing, you must like it very much." Tang An smiled, fantasizing about Liu Tingge wearing nurse clothes, maid clothes, and teacher clothes, only to feel a rush of blood on the top of his head.
Liu Tingge's face flushed, and said, "Hugh wants to talk nonsense!" Oh, the Xiangguo Mansion has arrived, and this gift is better for you to give it personally. ”
Speaking of gifts, Tang An's face immediately collapsed.
originally thought that with the vision of Cheng Caixi's richest daughter in the capital, he would definitely buy some rare treasures, even if he took out the treasures collected by Cheng Yunhe, it would be enough to support the scene. Who knew that this girl actually only bought two packs of longevity noodles.
That's right, longevity noodles!
Cheng Caixi's thoughts, Tang An understood very well. She was afraid that Dongfang Xiangguo would take the opportunity to win over Tang An, even if she couldn't win over, some gossip would spread out, and the emperor would have a thorn in his heart.
Good intentions are good intentions, but the gift is so shabby, where is Brother An's face? And Cheng Caixi gave the "gift" to Tang An before going out, and most of the shops had already closed at this time, and they couldn't buy it if they wanted to.
Tang An was very depressed, very depressed.
Seeing that Tang An's face was stinky, Liu Tingge covered his mouth and smiled, and said, "Don't be upset, Miss Cheng may be thinking about you." People are in a hurry to have a relationship with Xiangguo, don't they just set you off? Maybe when the Prime Minister sees that you are sincere, he will be impressed by you. ”
Is this also called sincerity? Tang An rolled his eyes widely. No matter what, if you love jokes, let him laugh at them, anyway, it's not that Dongfang travels far away to pay Lao Tzu's salary, I'm afraid that he will be a ball!
Thinking of this, Tang An angrily took Liu Qingge's little hand and rushed to Xiangguo's mansion. But he seems to have forgotten that Liu Tingge is now dressed as a man, and such a move fell in the eyes of the people around him, and immediately attracted an exclamation: This young man doesn't know which family's son he is, he is so good at breaking his sleeves at a young age, and everyone is unabashed, and he really has a true temperament!
At the gate of Xiangguo's Mansion, an old man who looked like a housekeeper and a few family members were receiving guests from the north and south. Maybe the dignitaries have seen a lot, the old housekeeper looked impatient, looked at the invitation of the guest, raised his hand and pointed in, and the low status directly accepted the gift and sent away.
The three officials in front of the prime minister's door are talking about this kind of person.
Tang An lined up, waited for himself, handed the invitation to the butler, and was about to go inside.
"Slow, Xiangguo Mansion compound, how can you enter and exit at will!"
The housekeeper frowned unhappily and said, opened Tang An's notebook and looked at it, the unhappiness on his face became heavier: "What kind of official is this 'foreign official'?" The old man asked himself a little bit of knowledge, but he had never heard that I still had such a position in Datang. ”