This group of men and horses came to the Suzaku Gate, and on both sides of the gatehouse were lined up with forbidden soldiers with swords in their hands and bright armor, and they were all tense and fierce, as if facing a great enemy. Kang Chengxun understood, and he smiled slightly. Now that the cadres and guards of the organs under the headquarters have completed their mission, they are immediately ordered to return to their respective residences and barracks. Mr. Kang, Zhang Xuanni, Chixin father and son, and a group of four people entered the imperial city after being checked by the forbidden soldiers.

They first reported to the ministry, handed over the emperor's edict and ID cards, and an official of the ministry's ministry led them to the guest house. This is a four-star luxury hotel dedicated to entertaining middle and high-level cadres (there is still a difference from modern times, today you only need to have money in the house, and the five-star hotel will live with you.) The civil servant said to them: "Comrades have worked hard all the way, wash and sleep, and rush to the morning court tomorrow, everyone (one of the names of the emperor. I want to meet you. ”

Isn't it? When you meet the Son of Heaven, you have to bathe and change your clothes. After lunch, seeing the sun shining outside the window, the father and son wanted to go to the street. Mr. Kang was a little sleepy, and he wanted to wash and sleep, but he didn't worry about the two of them, so he went outside to wash, so the four of them changed into casual clothes and went out.

On the street, they unconsciously walked to the red light district, and when they passed the door of a bathing center, it seemed that there was a strong magnetic field here, and their feet could not move. When I looked up, I saw a horizontal plaque hanging on the gatehouse, with four eye-catching characters on it: "Heaven and Earth". Inside, the sound of singing, laughter, huqin, and sound was in the ears, and the ghost magically attracted these people who were reluctant to enter.

Immediately, a young lady in a long skirt and heavy makeup came forward and said, "A few masters." Want to have something to do? Then, like the name of the dish, she reported the sauna, mandarin duck bath, karaoke, bar, massage, cockfight, and so on.

Mr. Kang said: "We just want to take a shower." ”

The girl was a little disappointed and said, "Oh, that's good. So he led them into the sauna.

This wash. It's so comfortable! washed away all the fatigue of running along the way in the past few days. One by one looked radiant and energetic.

After a while, a young woman with her breasts half-exposed and dressed in style appeared at the door. Jiao Di said: "A few gentlemen, do you want special services?" We have good service here and implement three guarantees to ensure your satisfaction! ”

What is this "special service"? It's the first time that the father and son have heard of it, whatever, Keyong happily uttered the word "want" from his mouth.

Old Man Kang hurriedly said to Keyong: "This is not fun, you better go to the street to play, but don't cause trouble!" ”

"Yes, it's fun on the street, you don't say I forgot. Hee-hee. I'm leaving. Keyong said as he walked out.

The next day, as soon as the sky was bright, the bells and drums of Chang'an City rang out in unison (this is the custom), Mr. Kang and his entourage entered the Taiji Palace through the Chengtian Gate and met Emperor Tang Yizong with the ministers.

2. Traces of Yinshan (10)

In the past, the following bizarre and misleading images often appeared in film and television dramas - a eunuch sang in front of the minister: "Under the holy decree, Kang Chengxun will accept the decree." ”

Kang Chengxun prostrate on the ground: "The minister's order!" ”

The eunuch unfolded the yellow satin with the word "Holy Decree" on the back and read: "Fengtian carries the emperor's edict...... Chin this. ”

Kang Chengxun still lay on the ground and did not move, shouting three times: "Long live my emperor, long live, long live!" ”

Scenes like this may have existed after the Song Dynasty, but if they were placed in the Tang Dynasty, they would have been a complete joke. The real scenario should look like this:

The ministers met the emperor, and after the ceremony, they sat on both sides. Later, an official of the Ministry of Rites invited Kang Chengxun, Zhang Xuanni, and Chixin father and son to come out of the ranks. Stand in front of the stairs. Now it's time for the Son of Heaven to speak, and Li Yi commended them one by one: "In order to exterminate Pang Xun and thieves, Zhong Aiqing is not afraid of sacrifice and outstanding service. Especially the children who are used by Keyong, they are really young heroes and models of my Datang soldiers. With this pillar, I am very relieved. Officials, proclamation! ”

At this time, an official (not a eunuch) was holding a few pieces of jute paper. began to read out one by one: "Under the door, the original Xu Sixing camp recruited Kang Chengxun and led the army to ask Pang Xun for meritorious service. Moved to Chengxun for the inspection of the left servant shooting, with the book under the door of the Ping Zhangshi, Hedong Jiedu envoy...... (The ellipses indicate the signatures and dates of the governors of the three provinces.) After reading (there is no long live Sanhu), he handed the edict to Mr. Kang, and another civil servant came up and gave him a purple robe (official uniform above the third grade).

Then read the second edict: "Doorman." The original Xuzhou soldiers and horses made Zhang Xuanni repeatedly break the thieves and conquer several cities, and he was meritorious. Xuan Minoru was promoted to the general of the right Xiaowei...... "After reading." He gave him the edict and a red robe.

Then read out the third edict: "Under the door, the original Shuozhou Thorn History, Yunzhong Shou captured Zhu Xie Chixin led the Shatuo Department to suppress the thieves, and took Chixin as the envoy of the Datong Army, the general of the right Jin Wuwei, gave the name of Li, the name Guochang, and pre-Zheng Wang Yuanyi (the thirteenth son of Tang Gaozu Li Yuan. Affiliation, give the family the first place. After reading the ...... with his son Keyong as the Yunzhou tooth general, he gave him the edict and a red robe.

Since then, Zhu Xie Chixin's father and son have officially changed their names to Li Guochang and Li Keyong. It can really be described as a bumper harvest of fame and fortune, not only was he promoted to an official and became a royal child, but also got a luxury villa in Qinren in the capital. The Manchu Dynasty Wenwu looked at it with red eyes and drooling.

Since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, there have been countless people who have been given national surnames by the emperor because of merit or because of the need for national unity, but how many people like Li Guochang and his son can be included in the royal family?

There are some people in modern times who believe that Li Ke's royal status is only nominal. That's not right, isn't my godfather a father? If you want me to say, it doesn't matter if it's a father or not, what matters is whether the person concerned regards the godfather as a father in his heart, not to mention that Li Ke's name is clearly written on the royal genealogy.

Later facts also proved that Li Keyong and his family were serious, and they didn't treat themselves as outsiders at all - I was a member of the Li Tang clan of course after I became a member of the Li Tang clan! Li Keyong said.

A friend said: "Li Keyong is not the only hero in the late Tang Dynasty, Zhang Chengye is also the hero, Wang Shifan is also, as well as Zheng Jin, Du Rangneng, Han Wei, Ding Hui, Zhao Kuangning ......." Yes, they are all people's heroes, and what they embody is the positive energy of the Chinese nation. I think this also includes Li Keyong's old enemy, Zhang Jun. His last-minute feat, which he knew he could not do, made my opinion of him change a hundred and eighty degrees.

But. If one person is to be elected from among them as a "people's congress deputy," then this person must be Li Keyong. Because of his prestige, because of his position, because of his accomplishments, because of his abilities......

Li Guochang and his son returned to their hometown, returned to their hometown, and happily went to Daibei to take office. However, the world is unpredictable, and some people are happy and some are worried. Who's worried? Kang Chengxun, the commander-in-chief of the suppression of bandits who has just made a successful consummation. Before the envoy of the new Hedong Festival took office, all his positions were taken away at once. "Degrade the prince of Shu and divide the eastern capital." , has not yet reached Luoyang, but "degraded Enzhou Sima again." "I went to Enzhou to be the deputy mayor. (Later, he was restored in the Xizong Dynasty and awarded the title of General Zuo Qianniuwei.) ）。

It is said that he had a bumpy road. It was because he was impeached by Lu Yan and Wei Baoheng, the prime ministers of the dynasty, and said that he said: "Begging thieves to tease, greedy capture, and working from time to time." ”。 Judging from the experience of Comrade Kang Chengxun in the past, this is obviously a trumped-up charge, which corresponds to a common saying: The tree is big, and people are afraid of being famous, and pigs are afraid of being strong.

The Tang Dynasty during the Xiantong period was an eventful autumn full of internal and external troubles. With the two powerful ministers of Lu Yan and Wei Baoheng, the empire was turned into a miasma. The history books record: "The squire under the door, Tongping Zhangshi Lu Yan, and Wei Baoheng are on the surface." The power is in the world, and then the struggle for power is immersed. This sentence shows that the two of them are both embarrassed and intrigued.

The emperors of the Tang Dynasty were not as authoritarian as the emperors of later dynasties. Therefore, whether the country's governance is good or not is directly related to the political quality and character of the prime ministers.

From the first year of Xiantong (860), Tibet had just disappeared. Nanzhao went to the soup again. Continued to attack Annan in a big way, during which there were mutual victories and defeats. to the seventh year of Xiantong (866). The famous general Gao Yu led the Tang army to teach the Nanzhao barbarians a hard lesson, beheading more than 30,000 people. For the second time, he recovered the southern capital of Tang An (present-day Hanoi, Vietnam). But who knows, the external troubles have just calmed down, and the internal worries have risen again.

Four years ago (862), when the Southern Zhao was rampant, the imperial court transferred 800 soldiers in Xuzhou to Guilin, Guangxi. At that time, the government had an agreement with these soldiers: the length of service was limited to three years, and they were rotated every three years. But six years have passed, and these 800 soldiers are looking forward to the stars and the moon, and they have never hoped that anyone will come to change their guards. The reply given by the central government, headed by Lu Yan and Wei Baoheng, was: "Please take into account the overall situation and persist for another year." ”

This group of soldiers quit, which caused the Pang Xun Rebellion. Of course, it is wrong for them to use such an extreme way, and they should sit down and solve the problem in the way of presenting facts and reasoning, and in the way of criticism and self-criticism. But to be fair, the government has gone too far, and I have never seen such a monkey. Even if you don't regard yourself as a cadre, you shouldn't be like the hooligans on Huangpu Beach in the past.

Let's talk about Li Guochang and his son, don't be happy, you will soon taste the sorrow of Kang Chengxun and the eight hundred soldiers.

One day in the fourteenth year of Xiantong (873), Li Guochang and his son returned to their hometown of Daibei Shenlongchuan, which had been separated for many years, to reunite with their families, and then the two went to Yunzhou together to take office. Yunzhou is the seat of the Datong Army, and the Datong Army is a military town specially set up by Comrade Li Yi for Li Guochang.

This year, Li Keyong only turned nineteen years old, and he became a general in the clouds at a young age. The so-called "tooth general" is the leader of the tooth soldiers (knots of the guards). But don't underestimate the tooth soldiers, in the middle and late Tang Dynasty, the bullish festival envoys called them uncle, they need to be careful to wait, one is not careful, they can change the boss at any time. This is a peculiar landscape of the Tang Dynasty: the emperor is afraid of the festival, and the festival is afraid of the tooth and the general.

But what Li Keyong never expected was that he had been in office for a few days in this most powerful position, and he almost lost his life. According to historical records: "Taste in the clouds and stay in the annex, and sleep drunk with prostitutes." There are chivalrous men with knives who want to harm the martial emperor. and burst into the music room, but when he saw the fire blazing in the tent, the chivalrous man retreated in shock. ”

It is foolish to think that there are credible and untrustworthy things in this account. Li Ke used to recruit prostitutes in the Cloud Hotel, which should be true. Nowadays, nude photos incidents and prostitution incidents in the entertainment industry are not uncommon, and the news media is also relishing such gossip. Ancient times were no exception, and the slightest carelessness of celebrities would cause such anecdotes to be recorded and widely disseminated.

Someone wants to assassinate Li Ke, it should be true. As for who? Why the stab? It's not in the book, and I can't talk nonsense. And "the fire is blazing in the tent", this is as absurd as Nezha was born.

On his first day at work, Li Guochang was in a good mood. He sat in the office of the envoy of the Datong Army, his hands caressed the festival that symbolized power, and his mouth involuntarily hummed a small song: "I want to ask how much I love you?" How much do you love you? Let me think about it, let me take a look at ......"

From the history of the state to the festival envoy, this is not a promotion in the ordinary sense, but a leap from quantitative change to qualitative change. The difference between the state thorn history and the festival envoy is the difference between the company's department manager and the chairman. Once he becomes the envoy of the festival, it means that he enjoys the status of directly belonging to the central government and the army directly belonging to himself, and he also has the capital to shout at the emperor. Just when Li Guochang was immersed in infinite joy and couldn't extricate himself, a commission from the central government was placed on his desk.

Originally, "the Uighur Kouyulin, disturbing the spirit, salt, Zhao Guochang is the envoy of the Luyan Festival." "It's boring, my ass hasn't sat down yet. Fortunately, the official position of the festival envoy has not changed, as long as he is the festival envoy, where is it not to serve the people? Li Guochang is also an old comrade, he still has a certain ideological consciousness, he didn't say a word, he picked up his backpack and went to the place where the motherland needed it most - Lu Yan took office.

When he arrived in Luyan, he found that this was a corner forgotten by the government. According to the survey, robbers who spoke different languages took turns to visit the area, sometimes Uighurs, sometimes Dangxiang, and sometimes Tuyuhun. They robbed money, goods and people, making a lot of trouble, and there was a mess everywhere. Of course, since Comrade Li Guochang came, the situation of public order has taken a marked turn for the better.

As soon as Li Guochang left Yunzhou, a new leader soon came. This person's name is Zhimo, the former assassin of Puzhou, and his wife Wei Shi is also very promising, she is the granddaughter of Wei Gao, the former envoy of Jiannan Jiedu and the nemesis of Tubo. At the same time as Zhi Molai Datong took office, Li Keyong also improved, and was promoted from Yunzhong Yajiang to Yunzhong Guard. As far as I know, the Capture Envoy is of the same rank as the Thorn Historian. (To be continued......)