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Chapter 817: Fishing and Catching Big Fish

Changan

Chang'an City doesn't seem to have changed, what has changed is people's hearts. The capital of the Great Sui has now become the capital of the Tang Dynasty, and the people of the Great Sui have become the people of the Tang Dynasty. Except for the newly built Daming Palace in the north of the city, which makes this majestic city appear more majestic, there seems to be no other change.

After a long period of peace, the people became comfortable and happy again.

The new empire has introduced a series of policies to benefit the people, and it is already a good thing to celebrate that the people are not starving as they used to be in this spring season. The decree of the imperial court is clear, and the people will have a good life. People who had just recovered from the war had begun to sing the praises of the new empire.

The people have always been easily satisfied, and they have not been stingy with praise for a wise leader.

But there is no doubt that His Majesty the Tang Emperor, who is now deep in the walls of the palace city, cannot enjoy this praise, and the more he hears it, the more it is tantamount to humiliation for him. He is the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, but he has not entered the Taiji Hall of the previous dynasty for a long time.

Hundreds of officials went to court, but the dragon chair was always empty.

And this court, which is not presided over by the emperor, is still in order. Every time he thought of this, Emperor Li Chengde had an urge to smash everything in front of him. If it weren't for the fact that the furnishings of the place where he lived now were too simple, and he couldn't find a replacement for smashing a single thing, maybe he would really vent his anger once and for all.

There is only one set of water cups, and smashing one is not complete...... The emperor did this part, and it was indeed embarrassing. But who can blame this? If he is a puppet in peace, he may be able to enjoy the treatment of a puppet. There are beautiful people to accompany you, and there is wine to moisten your throat.

But speaking of which, any other person, any man who still has some ambition, is not willing to be just a puppet in the dark. Emperor...... With the world of the four seas, how can it be a puppet?

He failed.

But he's alive.

This is where Li Chengde feels most angry, he failed, he wanted to kill Li Xian and then be a real emperor, but Li Xian just waved his sleeves and beat him back to his original form, this is not because of his pain, his pain and anger lie in the ...... Li Xian didn't even bother to kill him, and didn't even look at him more.

After that, he realized that in Li Xian's eyes, he might just be an ant without the power to resist, and Li Xian could easily pinch himself to death at any time if he wanted to.

That's the saddest part.

When a man becomes a demon in the heart of another man, then there is no doubt that the latter will suffer an unspeakable torment, and if he wants to end it, either the latter will die in humble waiting, or perhaps the former will die. Everyone is greedy for life, so when it comes to choosing between you and me or me, no one will hesitate at all.

In order not to let that demon control his own fate or even dreams, and also to be able to sleep peacefully.

Li Chengde sat on the edge of the bed, watching the few eunuchs with unkind faces cleaning the room impatiently, enduring the dust, and enduring the muttering curses in the mouth of the lowly eunuch, his face was always very calm. He didn't even think the dust was annoying, nor did he feel ashamed to be sneered by a eunuch as an emperor.

There was even a smile on his lips.

Su Sheng...... My quilt is a little damp, can you take it out and dry it? I just looked, and the weather outside is good. Other than that...... You ask the guard at the door, can you find me some books to read, I have already finished reading the books I begged Princess Pingyang to send a while ago. ”

The eunuch named Su Sheng glanced at Li Chengde, pretended not to hear it, and continued to lower his head and sweep the floor.

Li Chengde shook his head and smiled, got up, and walked out with his quilt, but was stopped by Su Sheng: "Your Majesty...... You have forgotten that His Royal Highness King Yan decreed that you are not allowed to leave this room. When the quilt is wet, just hand it over to the slave maid, and I'll take it out for you to dry in a while. ”

Su Shengpi spoke with a smile, but he was actually afraid that the guards of the Military Inspectorate outside would see the emperor take the quilt out to dry. If he is asked, it is difficult to guarantee that he will not be cured of a dereliction of duty. He was not afraid of the emperor, but he was afraid of those eerie and terrifying military guards. If nothing else, the sharp iron chisels that those people sometimes hide in black cloaks and sometimes appear in front of them are enough to make people afraid.

"I'm tired."

Li Chengde handed the quilt to Su Sheng, then walked back to the bed and sat down again. There was no bedding, and it was a little uncomfortable to sit on the bed.

There are only two subordinates here, and the eunuch who cleans the house is called Su Sheng. And the five big and three thick ones who kept cursing in a low voice while washing clothes in a wooden basin outside, their faces were not much smaller than the wooden basins, and the palace maid whose waist was much larger than her face was called Yang Mi.

Li Chengde firmly believes that if it weren't for the need to show up at the court meeting or festivals, I'm afraid that there would not even be such two subordinates.

He leaned against the cold hard bed, staring vacantly at it.

"I want to have a snack."

He muttered to himself: "I still want to drink, I am the emperor of the Tang Dynasty...... What I want to do most is to eat meat once. ”

"Some people say that men live for dignity, and if a man has no dignity, then he is a walking corpse, and life is better than death, so I ask you, why are you alive?"

He asked Su Sheng.

"What do slaves live for?"

Su Sheng thought for a while and replied: "In order to save enough money for the elderly, and then go back to my hometown to buy dozens of acres of land, buy a house, and if you can, adopt another righteous son." ”

Then he asked a very disrespectful word: "Then why are you alive, Your Majesty?" ”

"I?"

Li Chengde smiled, his smile was very weird: "In order to eat meat, eat meat unscrupulously, and eat until you want to vomit." ”

Su Sheng was stunned, and then smiled contemptuously. The wrinkled face is full of disdain.

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When Li Xian left the capital Chang'an, he set Xu Shiji as the secretary of the military department, but Xu Shiji was leading the army to the north, and now the head of the military department is the squire Hou Junji. But in fact, Hou Junji has nothing to do all day now. The grain and grass materials needed for the conquest of the northern army were directly requisitioned from all over the country by the direct decree of King Yan, and there was no need to go through the procedures of the military department at all. And there is no need for the military department to mobilize follow-up reinforcements, even if Hou Junji wants to be busy, there is nothing to be busy with.

At the time of the war, the military department was idle.

Hou Junji, who was wearing a purple court uniform, looked at the battle report on the table, put down the teacup in his hand, waved his hand and ordered: "In the future, this battle report will be sent to Lord Du Ruhui first, and Lord Du will bring it back to me after reading it." ”

"But my lord, this is not in accordance with the rules."

Cui Jinren, the head of the military department, said in a low voice.

"Rules?"

Hou Junji sneered: "In this Tang Dynasty, where are there still a little rules." The king is not a king, the minister is not a minister, the rules are decorations, useless. ”

Cui Jinren broke out in a cold sweat in fright, lowered his voice and said eagerly: "My lord, you can't just say this. If it is known by those people with bad intentions, I am afraid that it will be bad for you. ”

"It's fine."

Hou Junji smiled and said: "Aren't you and me the only ones here, I'm just complaining, Jiangnan is quelling chaos, Hexi is suppressing bandits, and Hebei is in a big war, but our military department yamen is so cold and sad, this taste is not comfortable." Jin Ren, when I first arrived at the military department, I could see that you were a good subordinate, so I was willing to talk to you about anything. You tell me, if Xu Shiji comes back, will the military department still be like this? ”

"General Xu is back...... I'm afraid there will be no war. ”

Cui Jinren replied cautiously.

"That's right."

Hou Junji stood up and walked to the door to look at the clear and cloudless sky as clean as washed: "When Xu Shiji comes back, everything has to be decided by him, the secretary of the military department, I am afraid that I will be more idle by then." But it's good to think about it, I have been fighting with the lord for many years, but these days I am most comfortable and idle in the military department, and it is actually not bad to mess around. ”

"You can keep an eye on the things in the yamen, if you don't go to distract yourself in such a good weather, it's a waste."

He waved his hand, but it was Shi Shiran who left.

Cui Jinren looked at Hou Junji's back and couldn't help wiping the sweat on his forehead. This squire has never had any scruples when he speaks, and he doesn't know if he is really not afraid of being framed by others, or if he has some thoughts about breaking the jar. He knew that this squire was old, and he had followed the lord to fight the world a long time ago, and perhaps it was precisely because of this that he had some resentment in his heart.

He remembered that the last time he drank with Lord Shilang, Lord Shilang scolded after drinking: "Even a bad old man who can only slap his beard and shoot horses has been named a county marquis, Xu Shiji...... Before and after I followed King Yan, he was the general of the town army...... Hehe, speaking of which, this encounter is really fucking speechless. ”

He never dared to say this.

But this is the case, he feels that Lord Shilang is just unhappy. If you really have any rebellious thoughts, is it possible that you still keep your grievances in your mouth all day long, lest others not know?

Idiots would be like that.

He thought.

I don't know how many people think so.

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Hou Junji changed into civilian clothes and walked to the river with a few entourage. He brought a large hat with him, and he kept his head down, so he couldn't see his face. In addition, he is wearing just ordinary clothes, so he doesn't have to worry about being recognized. After all, he should be on duty in the yamen of the military department at this time, and if those people in the Yushitai know about it, he is afraid that the twists and turns of impeaching him will float like snowflakes.

Especially the imperial envoy Wei Zheng, that guy's mouth is more poisonous than a poisonous snake.

Passing by a well-known dim sum shop in Chang'an City, he instructed his subordinates to buy a pack of dim sum, a pot of new wine, and a few side dishes to accompany the wine, and put them in a food box and take them with them. At this time, it was almost noon, and he was buying some food to prepare, and it seemed that he was thinking that he would not go back to the yamen for the whole afternoon.

Walked to the river, chose a very luxuriant weeping willow, sat on the bluestone slab, set up the fishing rod, drank wine, ate vegetables and snacks, watched the fishing rod wait for the hook, but it was indescribably free. At this time, the weather is just right, neither hot nor cold, and sitting by the river for half a day is actually a very enjoyable thing.

He sat there without looking back, and later even leaned against the willow tree and covered his face with a hat and fell asleep. He didn't care about the fish that had bitten the hook, and he didn't care that the few attendants had stolen all his wine.

In the teahouse on the side of the street not far away, several secret agents of the Military Inspectorate in civilian clothes have been staring at this side. After drinking six pots of tea and eating three plates of dim sum, Hou Junji was still sleeping sweetly there. Several spies shook their heads helplessly, not understanding what this Hou Junji was trying to do when he ran to the river to sleep soundly.

If you want to sleep, wouldn't it be more comfortable to sleep well in the yamen?

In the dim sum shop that was quite famous in Chang'an City, Hou Junji, who was leaning against the door, looked at himself sleeping under the tree in the distance and smiled. Just when he entered the door to buy something before, he changed clothes with the young man in this shop, who was almost the same as him, and when he brought a big hat, he couldn't see anything at all.

The entourage is still those entourage, and Hou Junji is fishing.

It's just that the little guy is going to do something big.

Glued on a fake beard, changed into the clothes of a forbidden general, and went out from the back door of the dim sum shop, Hou Junji walked casually all the way in the direction of Taiji Palace. Since the construction of the Daming Palace, the focus of the defense of the forbidden army has shifted to the Daming Palace, and in the Taiji Palace, only the small courtyard where the emperor lives is well guarded. Inside and out, they are all secret spies of the Military Inspectorate.

"Yo, General Zhou, you're back."

The Janissary Captain guarding the door glanced at him and gestured inside. Hou Junji nodded, and quickened his pace into the Taiji Palace. The east side of the Taiji Palace is the prince's east palace, and it has been idle without the prince. On the west side is the Yeting Palace. In the most corner of the Yeting Palace, there is the Huanyi room.

In the room, there are the lowest-ranking subordinates and palace maids in the palace. The old clothes that the people in the palace could not wear were usually sent here first and then sent out to be destroyed. But even these old clothes had to be escorted by the forbidden army when they were destroyed. The things in the palace cannot be touched by the people outside.

Hou Junji met an extremely fat and ugly palace maid who gave old clothes on the way, and the two passed by. The palace maid hurriedly apologized, and couldn't help but scold after Hou Junji left.

"I didn't apologize for hitting the emperor, a small forbidden army general is arrogant."

She hid the pill in her hand so that no trace was missed.