However, it is not surprising that many things are like this, and the flask is not for wine. It's like you're nothing, as long as you have someone above your head, who can say anything about what kind of prosecutor general you are? Later, Li Keji also received a very precious Buddha statue.

There is a small episode here, when Li Keji received this gift, a relative said, Old Li, what do you want this thing for? If you don't put it in your hand, you will still be troublesome when the time comes. Sure enough, later Yizong hung up, Yizong sat in the world, and Li Keji was investigated and punished. As his relative said, the pair of silver pots and the statue of Buddha were confiscated, loaded into an ox cart, and taken away.

Li Keji was a famous servant during the Xiantong period of Tang Yizong, who was good at joining the army, proficient in music and rhythm, and good at singing. If you live today, you can be regarded as a big musician, full of artistic temperament, with long hair and a shawl, and every hair is rendered by artistic temperament. The tone he sang was poignant and tortuous, and the teenagers in Beijing competed to imitate it, and the fans of "Coco" were amazing. At that time, there was no media now, and the sensation in Beijing was also a national sensation, so the fans of "Coco" were no less than Li Yuchun's "corn" fans. This style of singing is called "clapping". "Beat" is the section of quyi, and in ancient times there were "eighteen beats of Hu Ji".

There is a year of "Yanqing Festival", and the palace is lively and lively. First, the people of Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism preached the teachings of each religion, and then the servants of the pear orchard acted in a play. Li Keji and others performed a military drama called "Three Religions on Balance", deliberately mocking the leaders of the three religions of Buddhism, Taoism, and Confucianism. Li Keji was dressed in Confucian costumes, paced square steps, and walked onto the stage. Sit down in the middle of the chair. He was followed by a man who sat to his right. Li Keji looked around. Opened the way, in the lower Botong three teachings. What we preach today is "The Three Teachings on Balance". Someone asked him who Shakyamuni was. Li Keji said that it was a woman. The person who asked was surprised and said, "What does that mean?" He said that the Diamond Sutra says, "sit on a seat", and if you are not a woman, why wait for your husband to sit before you sit yourself. The man asked who Lao Tzu was. He said that she was also a woman. The questioner said, "Where does this begin?" He said that the Tao Te Ching says: "I have a great trouble, but I have a body; And I have no body. What will happen to me? If it weren't a woman, why would they be "pregnant"? The man asked who King Wenxuan (Confucius) was? He waved his hand and said that it was also a woman. The questioner was shocked, Confucius turned out to be a woman? He calmly replied, "Isn't the Analects clear?" "Sell, sell! I will treat Jia as well". If she is not a woman, why would she be "to be married"?

The rulers of the Tang Dynasty have always admired the three religions, and Li Keji, in front of the emperor Tang Yizong, used puns to make relevant sentences in the classics of the three religions. It was deliberately misinterpreted. "Sitting down" is homophonic to "husband sitting", "body" is homophonic to "pregnant", and "waiting for Jia" is homophonic to "to be married". In between talking and laughing, he mocked the three sect leaders. Tang Yizong watched the performance. He was very appreciative and laughed.

The second thing is also extreme luxury. March 873. Yizong wants to welcome the Buddha's bones, which is also a very expensive thing. Buddha bones in Famen Temple. Famen Temple west of Chang'an 300 miles away from Fufeng County. The cost of manpower and material resources along the way is a huge expense. Therefore, it was opposed by most of the courtiers. Some people are not even afraid of death, and put forward the taboo of Xianzong welcoming the Buddha's bones soon. But whatever you say, he won't listen. "Cut the army and decorate Garan, trap the people's wealth and cultivate pure karma, I will be born and die, and there will be no hatred in death." He built a large number of floating temples and temples, probably hoping to wash away his sins.

On the road to welcome the Buddha's bones, the banner flowers, the incense chariot, the building cover is all gold and jade decoration, from the capital to the Famen Temple more than 300 miles, the carriages and horses are endlessly on the road, "boiling the sky and candles". Four months later, on August 18, Yizong fell ill and died soon after. "The Buddha's bones have just entered the door, and the dragon has cried in the wilderness."

liquidation

Yizong died, and the fifth son, Li Yi (read Xuan), was "selected" by the eunuchs to be the emperor, that is, Tang Xizong, and became the eighteenth emperor of the Tang Dynasty (other than Wu Zetian). At that time, he was only fourteen years old. He reigned for thirteen years and died of illness at the age of twenty-seven. When Yizong was seriously ill and dying, the eunuchs thought that this prince was young and easy to control in the future, so he was made the crown prince. Yizong died, and he ascended the throne in front of the coffin.

Once a son of heaven and a courtier, the emperor ascended to the throne of God by the eunuch Tian Lingzi. He is still a child, his mind and physiology are still beginning to develop, it is the age of ignorance, and the age of rebellion. Where can you lead such a big country? Tian Lingzi was originally the life teacher of the Emperor, and the emperor was still young, so he took the opportunity to cover the sky with one hand and do nonsense. Because Li Yi has followed Tian Lingzi since he was a child, he relies on him very much and calls him "Father".

Tian Lingzi has read a lot of books, is very scheming, and is like an emperor. For example, every day, prepare some tea fruits by yourself and go to the emperor to set up a dragon gate array. Take it out and eat it calmly, calmly look at it, and have no reverence for the Son of Heaven. After eating, he calmly left a place of melon seed shells, stood up, clapped his hands, and calmly left. The next day, as usual. The next day, still. He took advantage of this special opportunity and position to control the government and government, "recruit power and accept bribes," and act recklessly. promoted officials and gave purple clothes and scarlet clothes, and never told the emperor.

Wei Baoheng, the minister of the previous dynasty, was denounced by the enemy, saying that he was doing shady things. The so-called yin affair is to plan to overthrow the government and want to be the emperor. Xizong relegated him to Hezhou as a assassin. Hezhou is far away, in the northeast of Guangxi, close to Guangdong and Hunan. But soon, the second holy decree came down and was sent to Chengmailing, Hainan Island, 200 miles south of Haikou. Later, Su Dongpo, a great writer of the Song Dynasty, was falsely accused by Shen Kuo, the so-called friend who wrote "Mengxi Writings", and was demoted there. It is said that Lao Su was there and there was nothing. When he heard that someone in the town had killed pigs, he would go and buy catties of meat to satisfy his hunger. I was tired of reading books, so I stopped a few Mengtong who were playing at the door to read a few words. Wei Baoheng didn't have that idleness, nor did he have the time, let alone the hermit temperament of a literati. The third decree has arrived, give death! His brother was also given death. Liu Yuxi, who wrote "The Burrow", his son was a friend of Wei Baoheng, and Xizong did not let him go, and was relegated to Fuling, which is now Chongqing.

At this time, Lu Yan was still alive, still being a big official, and he was appointed as the envoy of Xichuan Festival. He is still the same, and his nephew makes lanterns for his uncle - as usual. He handed over the business to Bian Xian and Guo Chip's capable officers. His time is precious, and he only uses it to enjoy himself in time. Bian and Guo deal with things. After you do that, ask for instructions or tell Lu Yan. How did it go? You don't have to think about it, you can know it with your kicks.

Not everyone can explain it with a son of heaven and a courtier. They weren't good people in the first place. Some people can't deal with you in the past, and the taste of the new national leader is always different. So, someone seized this great opportunity to denounce the three of them. Lu Yan was demoted and demoted to the envoy of Jingnan Jiedu, that is, Hubei. Bian Xian and Guo Chip felt that the end of their master was coming, and they didn't know how to die after them. So they wrapped up the silver. Taking advantage of the dark night, he smeared oil on the soles of his feet and fled. This is also understandable, people of power are like this. Soon after, the holy decree came down, and Lu Yan was relegated to Xinzhou. Xinzhou is in Dan (read Dan) Prefecture in Hainan, and Danzhou is two hundred miles southwest of Chengmai Ridge, a little farther than Luyan.

Actually, Lu Yan didn't go to Danzhou. It's not that I don't go, but I don't have a chance. Lu Yan was on death row in Jiangling, and the holy decree came down, and his hair was all white overnight. In the Spring and Autumn Period, Wu Zixu had to turn white after passing Shaoguan overnight. It's not an exaggeration. Soon came a holy decree, giving death, and raiding the house. When he was prime minister. It is stipulated that if more than three grades are given to death, three inches of the Adam's apple must be cut off. Sent to the capital to verify the identity. The place where he was given to die. It happened to be the bed where Yang Shui, the person he framed, committed suicide. After he was given death, he was also cut off by three inches of Adam's apple and sent to the capital to verify his identity. Yang Shu's Adam's apple was sent to him for acceptance. really fulfilled that sentence, sooner or later you always have to pay it back. Something similar happened to Shang Ying during the Warring States Period, and there is also the story of the cool officials inviting the king into the urn. Jiangling is Jingzhou, Hubei, the king of Chuzhuang in the Spring and Autumn Period, Qu Yuan in the Warring States Period, and Zhang Juzheng in the Ming Dynasty are all from Jiangling. These people are all household names in history and have won glory for Gangneung. There are nine-headed birds on the top, and there are Hubei Yankees below, not all right, these sages are not like nine-headed birds.

The two bad guys, Bian Xian and Guo Chip, have fled, and they are on the road to death, where is their place to live? Lang Lang Lang, the legal net was restored, even at the end of the world, he was finally arrested and executed, and his family property was also confiscated. Bian Xian's family property can raise soldiers for two years. Later, during the Jiaqing period of the Qing Dynasty, didn't there be a sentence "Hekun is down, Jiaqing is full"?

Lu Yan was in the phase in 864, at the age of thirty-six. During the leadership of Yizong, the state power fell into the hands of him and Wei Baoheng, and "the two of them moved the world". Later, due to the struggle for power and Wei Baoheng, he was demoted from the capital and served as the envoy of the Jiannan Festival. After that, he re-entered Beijing, was promoted to Zhongshu Ling, was named the Duke of Wei, and regained power. But this time I was demoted, and I was not as lucky as last time.

Lu Yan was demoted from the capital, and the gong was sounded to open the way, until the middle street, and for a while, the stones and tiles fell down like hailstones. Before leaving the capital, because he usually did too much evil, he was worried that the enemy would have this trick. He approached Xue Neng and asked him to come forward to guard and protect him. Xue Neng succeeded Liu Zhan's Jingzhao Yin at this time, and his promotion from a provincial lang to Jingzhao Mansion was recommended by Lu Yan. Xue Neng slowly raised the hand board (the wat taken by the officials in ancient times) to Lu Yan's envoy and said that it was customary for the prime minister to go out to guard, and the government department never sent people to guard it.

Lu Yan listened to the messenger's report, and his face was ashamed. On the day he left Beijing, he had to leave Beijing under the rain of tiles and bricks, and he lost face. When the prime minister left Beijing, he was hated by the people and received a warm farewell from "bricks and tiles", which is unprecedented in history.

In the last few years of Tang Yizong, there were many political departments. Although Lu Yan is young, he is very stable. Suddenly, to this point, once he loses power, the enemies of the year will come to attack him.

At first, Lu Yan served as Cui Xuan's deputy in Huainan, and finally became the prime minister, and then finally died.

The old boss Choi Hyun once said that material enjoyment should not be overdone, and if a person becomes noble soon, it is a bad omen. At that time, Choi Hyun thought that Lu Yan must be noble. He once said that Lu Yan was going to be the prime minister after all. Lu Yan went from supervising the imperial history to Hanlin Mansion, Cui Xuan has been in Huainan, and the old superior has become a new subordinate. When he heard about this incident, he said, Lu Yan is now a Hanlin, what will he do when he is old? It turned out to be exactly what Choi Hyun said.

The same was true of Li Keju, who was exiled to Lingnan. At that time, the two silver wine jugs containing extracted gold were copied, including a Buddha statue, and they were still trampled back to the inner library in an ox cart. It's really "annoying".

At this time, Liu Zhan was appointed as the assassin of Yu (reading Guo) Prefecture and was promoted to the secretary of the Criminal Department. Yuzhou is in the west of Henan, which is the place where the state of Yu was destroyed by Jin Xiangong through the Daoyu country. The name Liu Zhan was too loud in Chang'an, because when he left Beijing, "no one is virtuous and stupid, so I regret it". When a good official is framed, it is not just one person who is harmed, but also the people. Now, when I heard that he had returned to Beijing, the people of the two cities were as happy as if they were celebrating the New Year, and their faces were beaming with joy. They made full preparations to welcome them, and some of them even raised their own funds and set up a stage to invite the troupe to sing a big opera for a few days. In history, there are almost no people who respect government officials in this way.

However, Liu Zhan didn't want the people to spend money for him, let alone publicity. There was no choice but to reschedule his return to Beijing. After everyone knew about it, they felt even more that Liu Zhan's character was high. A scale in the hearts of the people, a mountain in the hearts of the people! When Liu Zhan entered Beijing, some people who had framed him were frightened, and they were already thinking about how to hurt him a second time. One of them, Liu Ye, was thinking about how to kill him. This person was originally Wei Baoheng and Lu Yan's people, and he did a lot of bad things. Liu Zhan did not arrive in the capital for a long time, and Liu Ye poisoned Liu Zhan to death in the Salt and Iron Courtyard (suspected). This person later became the prime minister, Huangchao occupied Chang'an in 881, he didn't have time to escape, and he was killed, which can be regarded as retribution! Liu Zhan, you can rest in peace!

escape

In fact, before Tang Yizong's death, the treasury was almost empty, and what left Xizong was sharp social contradictions. Tang Xizong ascended the throne, he didn't care about national affairs, he just ate, drank and had fun every day. He was a top player among the ancient emperors, and he was proficient in riding and archery, sword lance (master's degree), mathematics, music, jubo, and cockfighting. I also particularly like Keju (reading a sentence), which is equivalent to football. When you get tired of playing, you bet on geese with the kings. At that time, the price of the goose in the Tang Dynasty was like a stock that had no performance support but was speculated by funds, and it climbed all the way, and a goose was equivalent to fifty yuan. One tassel is a thousand dollars, and fifty taels is fifty thousand dollars.

Once, when he was batting, he once said to the excellent people around him that if he took the test to play football, he would definitely be able to win the first place. A man named Shi Yebo half-jokingly said that if he met Yao Shun as the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, I am afraid that His Majesty would inevitably refute it. He smiled and didn't brag anymore. (To be continued......)