readx; Lingzhou is the location of the military office of the Shuofang Jiedu envoy, located on the east bank of the Yellow River, is a large city with a circumference of more than 40 miles, with nearly 300,000 residents, most of whom are the military families of the Shuofang army. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

This area is also the starting point of the Hetao Plain, the land is fertile, the water source is sufficient, the agriculture is very developed, because the Shuofang army has heavy troops stationed here, therefore, the military field in this area is particularly vast, there are two kinds of military fields, one is the military field, that is, the land on which the families of the soldiers depend, and the other is the military grain field, cultivated by the soldiers, the original establishment of the Shuofang army is 64,700 people, although the imperial court will have grain transported every year, but most of the military food is still cultivated by themselves, especially after Guo Ziyi took over the post of Jiedu envoy, more attention was paid to the tuntianHe encouraged the army to reclaim the land, and in just two years, the army grain fields doubled.

In fact, Li Qing'an's intelligence is still stuck in two years ago, according to the scale of the military grain field two years ago, the Shuofang army really can't feed 100,000 troops, and can only support 40,000 people at most.

But after several years of hard work by Guo Ziyi, now he can feed an army of 100,000 people with the military grain fields in Lingzhou and the vast grasslands and fertile land in the Hetao area.

This is the main reason why Guo Ziyi gave up Guannei Dao, he is the envoy of Shuofang Jiedu, Guannei Dao was not the traditional sphere of influence of Shuofang Jiedu, and now Li Qing'an has returned to the east strongly, Guo Ziyi is unwilling to contradict Li Qing'an, so he took the initiative to retreat and withdrew to Shuofang's original territory.

Quietly in the big tent, Guo Ziyi sat alone in front of the handsome case and pondered, he had just received news that there were bandits in Jingzhou, and Li Qingan had sent 5,000 troops into Jingzhou to suppress bandits.

This news made Guo Ziyi's heart smile bitterly, of course he knew that there were bandits in Anding County, but this bandit came too coincidentally, he just walked on the front foot, and the bandit made trouble on the back foot, although it seemed reasonable and reasonable, everything was logical, but Guo Ziyi still understood Li Qing'an's true intentions, he sent 5,000 troops into Jingzhou, in the name of suppressing bandits, but in fact, he tested his reaction.

It can also be seen that Li Qingan does not believe in his withdrawal, he is full of vigilance against himself, but it is no wonder that on the side of the couch, how can others be allowed to snore, Li Qingan controls the vast land such as Guanzhong, Longyou, Hexi, Anxi, etc., but he led an army of 100,000 to hang above his head, to the south can enter Guanzhong, to the west can enter Longyou, Hexi and even Anxi, which seriously threatens the security of his foundation, so the first person Li Qingan has to deal with after entering Guanzhong is not Chengdu Li Longji, but himself, which is also reasonable.

Thinking of this, Guo Ziyi couldn't help but sigh, slowly walked to the big tent with his hands behind his back, staring at the southern sky, he, like everyone else, actually saw that Li Qing'an had the ambition to ascend the throne, although Li Qing'an was also the Li Tang clan, and he was second only to the emperor and the prince, but Guo Ziyi did not support Li Qing'an's accession to the throne.

This may be due to the deep-rooted orthodoxy in Guo Ziyi's heart, the prince of Jiancheng was no longer the orthodoxy of the Tang Dynasty a hundred years ago, and the orthodoxy of the Tang Dynasty should be the descendants of Taizong.

This is like a distant relative's going to inherit the patriarch of a big family, it is difficult for people to accept, the reason why Li Qing'an was named King Zhao is only because of his strong strength, and Emperor Jingzong was forced to be knighted, otherwise, like Li Linfu is also the queen of the Li family, can he also inherit the throne?

There is another very important reason for Guo Ziyi's retreat to Lingzhou this time, that is, Li Qingan did not usurp the throne, but set up Li Yu's son as the emperor.

This made him breathe a sigh of relief, but if Li Qingan really forcibly ascended the throne, what should he do? Even Guo Ziyi doesn't know his own, but he must be sure that he will never support it, he may support Li Longji, of course, the premise is that Li Longji can't make Li Heng the prince, and he can't accept a person who killed two emperors as his saint.

Then he may go to Jingwang Li Mao, or go to Yangzhou to seek refuge with Wu King Li Lan, in short, he Guo Ziyi will definitely not go to Li Qing'an to bow three times and bow nine times.

But Li Qing'an did not ascend the throne and set up a young new emperor, Guo Ziyi knew that it was his refusal to enter Beijing to meet him that made Li Qing'an full of doubts about him and sent troops to test him.

Thinking of this, Guo Ziyi went out of the account and said to the soldiers: "Clean up!" We are ready to enter Beijing. ”

．．．．．．．．． At the end of June, Chang'an also arrived in the heat of the day, the oppressive summer heat, the heat was ruthless, the sun scorched the road of Chang'an, hot, step down, step by step a string of white smoke, the air seems to flow a transparent heat wave, the whole Chang'an City exudes a burning breath.

Chang'an City seems to be silent, everyone hides in the room and refuses to go out, the streets and alleys are quiet, and there is not a single pedestrian in sight.

Li Qing'an also stayed in his own palace these days, did not enter the court, Li Qing'an's Zhao Wangfu was first located in Huaiyuanfang, it was originally the old residence of Wu Sansi, because this mansion is close to the West Market, there are many merchants and customers, and the carriage of goods is day and night, so that the workshop is very noisy from morning to night, and Mingyue does not like it here.

When Li Qing'an returned to Beijing, the political hall also felt that Huaiyuanfang was too far away from the imperial city, and the outsiders in the square were very complicated, which was not conducive to Li Qing'an's safety, and it was also inconsistent with his identity, so the political hall changed the original Taiping princess's house in Xingdaofang to the new Zhao Palace.

Xingdaofang is a famous square in Chang'an, where most of the high-ranking officials and magnates live, a huge mansion is lined up with trees, and the environment is very quiet and elegant.

The former residence of Princess Taiping is a giant mansion comparable to the palace, its scale and grade are built with reference to the standards of the palace, covering an area of one hundred and fifty acres, high eaves and beams, magnificent, once rewarded to Li Linfu by Li Longji, but Li Linfu did not dare to live, but has been living in the old mansion of Pingkangfang.

Mingyue grew up in the Wubenfang next door since she was a child, she also likes Xingdaofang very much, Princess Taiping's giant mansion she also came to play a few times when she was a child, but she never thought that she would become the hostess of this giant mansion.

Half a month later, Princess Taiping's mansion was repaired, and the house was officially listed as Zhao Wang's mansion, Mingyue ignored the heat, and brought Ruhua and a group of maids to the new house to see the house.

"It's hot! It's hot to death! ”

With a small fan in her hand, she came out of a warehouse in the backyard, which was as hot as a steamer, and after only a few moments, she was sweating profusely, and the sweat stains on her forehead made her hair a little scattered.

"There's no here, let's find another one."

For example, the picture is looking for a cellar where ice cubes can be placed, ice cubes are the treasure of the Tang people in summer, generally large families have ice wells, and the palace and the powerful families also have special ice cellars, which store a large amount of ice cubes in winter for the summer heat.

Picturesque is very afraid of heat, every summer, she almost has to rely on iced sour plum soup to survive the hot season, she has lived in Anxi for a long time, there is an ice cellar in the Anxi Mansion where they live, and there is also in the Dugu Mansion, which makes her very comfortable these years.

This time she moved to a new house, the first thing she did was to find the ice cellar in Princess Taiping's mansion, there was a deacon in Princess Taiping's mansion who took care of the mansion, and the old ice cellar known to others had been converted into a wine cellar, and the new ice cellar didn't know where anyone else knew except for the housekeeper. It's just that this housekeeper happened to have something at home today, and Mingyue had already sent someone to find him.

But the picture was so hot that she took two maids and searched for them in the warehouse, she had been looking for a long time, but she still couldn't find the location of the new ice cellar, and asked a few people, but she didn't know anything.

She was so hot that she was sweating, and she didn't look for her surname anymore, so she sat under a big tree to enjoy the shade, and at this moment, a maid came in a hurry with a middle-aged man, this person was the deacon who took care of this mansion, his name was Pan Xiaoliang, and he was actually a eunuch.

After Li Yu ascended the throne, in order to cut expenses, he cleaned up the Daming Palace on a large scale, not only releasing Li Longji's 40,000 concubines home, but also releasing most of the nearly 100,000 palace female eunuchs.

If the palace maid is lucky, she can also apply for cancellation of the palace registration to marry, but it is difficult for the eunuchs to be placed, and it is also difficult to cancel the palace registration.

This Pan Xiaoliang is a eunuch in the East Palace, entered the palace at the age of fifteen, and has been a eunuch for nearly 30 years, because he is too honest, he has not been promoted, he has no backstage, and naturally he was cleaned out of the palace, fortunately, because his qualifications are very old, he came to the old mansion of Princess Taiping as a deacon, he was going to retire here for a lifetime, but he never expected that Li Qing'an, the first minister of the Tang Dynasty, would become the new owner of Princess Taiping's old house, which made Pan Xiaoliang overjoyed, and there was a feeling of dead wood in spring.

But he was also unlucky, he thought that Princess Zhao would come tomorrow, so he rushed home to make arrangements, but he didn't expect the princess to be anxious and come to see the house today.

He rushed back to the mansion and learned that it was not the princess who was in a hurry to find him, but the fourth lady, Pan Xiaoliang had stayed in the palace, and he knew some hidden secrets that ordinary people did not know.

For example, in addition to the fact that ordinary people know Princess Mingyue, Li Qingan's other wives and concubines don't know much about it, and this refers to their edicts.

It's not as simple as the second concubine, the main wives and concubines of the general prince are titled, but Li Qing'an's wife and concubine are a bit special, Empress Dowager Shen once decreed that Li Qing'an's wife and concubine should be given according to the standards of the East Palace.

In addition to Princess Mingyue, Li Qingan also has a second concubine and two partial concubines, among which the dance clothes were named Liangdi, the third grade, the poetic and picturesque sisters were all named Chenghui, and the fifth grade, the sister Rushi was promoted to a level after giving birth to the county lord of Julan, and was named Liangyuan, which is the fate of the fourth grade.

These knights generally don't know, but this Pan Xiaoliang knows, of course he knows that the young and beautiful lady in front of him is Chenghui Niangniang, who has been following Li Qing'an's side.

He knelt down and kowtowed: "The old slave Pan Xiaoliang knocked to see Chenghui Niangniang, the old slave is late, I hope Niangniang forgives her sins!" ”

Ruhua listened in a daze, no one has ever called her Niangniang, she has long forgotten her title, her official name is Li Ruhua, everyone in Anxi calls her the fourth lady, and no one has ever called her Niangniang.

She blinked, and hurriedly waved her hand and said, "Don't call me Chenghui Niangniang, we don't like this in our family, and I don't like it, you can call me the fourth lady." ”

"Yes! The servant knocks on the fourth lady. ”

At this time, Mingyue walked over and asked with a smile, "Are you Pan Xiaoliang, the deacon of this mansion?" ”

Pan Xiaoliang saw Mingyue, he was so frightened that he hurriedly turned around and knelt down for Mingyue, kowtowed, and said, "Old slave Pan Xiaoliang knocked on the princess Niangniang." ”

Ruhua hurriedly asked the maid to move a circle chair for the princess, Mingyue sat down and said with a smile: "You get up!" Today you are here to hand it over, and tomorrow you will not use it. ”

Pan Xiaoliang was like five thunderbolts, he was stunned, and after a while, he nodded silently, "The old slave understands, let's go and hand over." ”

He turned around to leave, but Mingyue stopped him again, "Wait a minute! ”

"Yes! What else does the princess command? ”

Mingyue asked, "Where is your home?" What other relatives are at home? ”

Pan Xiaoliang shook his head and said: "I have been in the palace for thirty years, saved two hundred yuan, and bought a small house in Yong'an Fang. ”

Although Li Qingan doesn't like eunuchs, Mingyue also considered that it was inconvenient for male servants to enter and exit the back house, but some strength work could only be done by men, especially Chang'an was much hotter than broken leaves, and the female dependents were all very thin in summer, so it was really inappropriate to let male servants go in and out.

Mingyue considered that there should be several eunuchs in the palace, and she also understood Li Qing'an's worries, but there are two sides to everything, as long as Li Qing'an himself does not believe in eunuchs, then there is no problem.

She thought for a moment and said, "If you want to stay, you can ...... it."

Before Mingyue's words were finished, Pan Xiaoliang was so excited that he 'pounced!' He knelt down and kowtowed again and again: "Old slave thank you for your great kindness!" ”

Mingyue was helpless, so she shook her head and said, "You get up first and listen to what I say." ”

"Yes!"

Pan Xiaoliang stood up and stood aside respectfully, Mingyue said slowly: "If you want to stay, you can abide by the rules of our family, the rules of our family are very ordinary in Anxi, but they are a little different in Chang'an, I hope you can understand." ”

"Yes! Slaves must obey. ”

"The first is your title, we don't have a slave in our family, even if you are a eunuch, remember! It is not allowed to kneel, the prince hates people to kneel the most, just bow down and salute; The second rule is that our maids and family members are free, and I will pay you a monthly fee, which is much higher than that of the guys in the shop outside, of course, you can leave at any time, and I welcome you if you want to stay; The third one, although we don't punish people in our family, but if you make serious mistakes, I will also dismiss you, these three are the most basic, and there are some other rules and regulations, you will understand it yourself in the future. ”

Speaking of this, Mingyue took out a yellowed piece of paper and handed it to him, this is your palace registration transferred by the inner chamberlain just now, I have signed it, you can take it to the inner chamberlain to cancel it, and then you can re-apply for household registration, you go and run by yourself! If you encounter something difficult, let me know and I will do it for you.

Pan Xiaoliang was stunned, he had also heard that Anxi had abolished slavery, but they were eunuchs and would always be servants of the royal family, how could they compare with those normal people, but today, for the first time, he really felt it, a feeling of being a human being.

Pan Xiaoliang received the palace registration with trembling hands, his nose was sore, two lines of tears flowed out of his eyes, he quickly wiped away his tears, and said in a low voice: "Old slave, no!" Thank you, Princess. ”

At this time, Ruhua smiled and said, "Now you can tell me, where is the ice cellar in this mansion?" ”

"Yes! Yes! ”

Pan Xiaoliang pointed to a lake in the distance and said: "The ice cellar is built by the lake, I will take my wife there, and the former Emperor's Palace has sent a lot of ice, which can be used at any time." ”

(To be continued)