Volume III Chapter XVII

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It was nearly midnight and the rain stopped, but the air was damp. The clouds in the sky drifted away, occasionally revealing a pale light. In the house of a large family, there can still be croaking frogs. The cold wind blows, leaving people with goosebumps, so many people fall asleep early. At this moment, the side door of the club suddenly opened, and two horses slowly ran out from inside, and a carriage quietly galloped out from behind, followed by a group of soldiers. Then the door of the club was shut. This carriage is the one that came out of the club last night.

Under the gate of an empty house not far from the house, a man dressed as a beggar had apparently noticed this, and pushed a man next to him and said, "Get up quickly, go and report the eagle, the vicious dog has come out." The other quickly got up and sprang to the side, making a splash and disappearing into the darkness in a short time.

In the study of the club, Ju Wenzhen and Liu Bi were still sitting in their original positions. The rain has stopped, but another mosquito that is not afraid of the cold is buzzing around Liu Bi, Liu Bi picked up the dust whisk in his hand, waved it a few times and didn't get it, so he had to laugh at himself and said:

"This mosquito is not easy to catch."

Ju Wenzhen also smiled: "What a lottery, Liu Yuanjun is also like this mosquito, Li Yu is desperately trying to catch it, but he can't catch it." ”

This is a good word, this is a metaphor that is used too roughly, but Liu Pi didn't care, but smiled happily when he heard the words, and no longer paid attention to the mosquito, threw the dust to the side, and said: "That's not thanks to General Juda, he just knows that I am in General Juda's mansion, and it is not so easy to catch me!" When Liu returns to Liangchuan, there will be heavy thanks. ”

"Hehe, you're welcome. Liu Yuanjun is planning to return to Shu? ”

"Exactly. A certain has been in Chang'an for a long time, and it is inevitable that Xiaoxiao will play right and wrong in front of Wei Taiwei, and he will also go back to prepare early. ”

"When to leave? Lieutenant Yang sent someone to escort you. ”

"Thank you so much. After staying for two days and seeing King Shu, he left. A certain man and horse were ordered to wait in Lishan for three days, today is the second day, and asked Jugong to send a confidant to take care of a certain jade plate, asking them to wait for two more days, these days are always ready, as long as they can go out of Chang'an, a certain will go over the Qinling Mountains, and the emperor can no longer catch me. ”

Ju Wenzhen naturally agreed. The two of them chatted for a while, and then went to rest.

And so on for several days on end. Ju Wenzhen only vaguely heard that Li Yu felt that his health was already good, and in order to learn the way of governing the country, he ordered the Hanlin bachelor to explain to him the daily life of the emperors of the past dynasties. Then, the princes and ministers who went to various places to supervise wheat returned to Beijing one after another. Liu Pi also disguised himself, and went out with Ju Wenzhen and Yang Zhilian to meet King Shu in a small restaurant in Xishi, and the two sides hit it off and talked happily. After the meeting, Ju, Yang, and Liu thought they had a plan, and they had a drink in the club, and they all got drunk before going back to rest.

The next day, Liu Bi was still sleeping with his head covered, and Ju Wenzhen got up early to enter the palace. As soon as the hour comes, all the ministers are standing according to the class, the officials above the fifth grade are holding ivory wats, and the officials below the fifth grade are holding bamboo and wooden wats, bowing their heads and solemn faces, and slowly entering the hall. After entering the palace, the left and right columns are divided, and then the quiet whip rings three times, the palace music is great, and the emperor goes to the palace to listen to the government. The officials on both sides bowed solemnly, and the emperor wore a crown to the sky, a yellow robe, and a white jade belt with dragon patterns around his waist slowly entered the Taiji Palace.

Yellow was common up and down before the Tang Dynasty, and it became the color of the emperor in the Tang Dynasty. Therefore, since the Tang Dynasty, the red yellow (Hehuang) was used exclusively by the emperor, and the yellow robe was also regarded as the imperial clothing of the feudal emperors. Although Li Yu studied history, he was very influenced by TV dramas when he was a child, and he also had a sense of mystery about yellow. When he put on the red yellow court dress, the sense of mystery still existed, but there was also a sense of *, and he sighed that he finally understood the emotion of Han Gaozu when he tasted what it was like to be an emperor.

After Li Yu stood at the dragon case, all the ministers had already stood in a group, and under the order of the celebrant officer, they were headed, and the mountain shouted long live. Ji Shou is one of the "Nine Worships". During the salute, the giver of the salutation kneels on the ground, presses his left hand to his right, and bows his hand to the ground, and his head slowly descends to the ground. Stay head to ground for a period of time, hands in front of knees and head behind hands. This is the most solemn of the nine prostrations, and is often used by courtiers to meet the king.

Li Chen, who has gone through many court meetings, no longer has the initial tension, on the contrary, he is calm and calm in his gestures, and he has the bearing of a king in the world, although his hands will still tremble, but there is a majesty in his voice that has never been before:

"Zhongqing is flat."

"Long live thanks."

The ministers rose one after another, and stood in two shifts. Li Chun and other princes stood in front of the left and right, followed by Du Huangshang, Du You, Zheng Xunyu, and Gao Ying.

Li Yu gave Li Zhongyan a seven-day leave and left Gou Sheng to serve by his side. At this time, Gou Sheng stepped forward and said loudly:

"The ministers have something to do, and they have nothing to retreat from."

Prime Minister Du Huangshang took the lead in coming out of the class and played this year's superintendent of the wheat affairs. Then Du You went out to report on the grain output and tax revenue in various places this summer. Since Yang Yan implemented the two tax laws, the income of the imperial court has risen sharply, and there are few wars after Zhenyuan, and the wealth of the imperial court has accumulated a lot.

Then the military department reported on this year's autumn prevention plan. Autumn prevention is the first initiative of Daizong, and every autumn the army is mobilized to gather in western Beijing to prevent the plundering of Tibet. This is a system that has been formed for many years, but after Xue Yingzhen's incident this year, the emperor attaches great importance to the army, and once suddenly came to the Beiyuan military camp, and was extremely dissatisfied with the lazy atmosphere in the army, and removed the generals of that army, and decided to transfer the Shence army stationed in Beijing and Guanzhong to change the guard in Guanzhong and go to the front line to see it, the prime ministers all agreed, Fan Xichao, Li Yuan, Gao Chongwen and other generals had no objections, Ju Wenzhen and others were in the honeymoon period with the emperor at that time, and they agreed without thinking too much.

At that time, the emperor originally intended to transfer Sun Rongyi's right god to guide the army out of Beijing, in order to prevent the army's morale from floating, he deliberately decided to reward more, and said that he would be transferred back to Chang'an after the end of the autumn season, and he would be rewarded for his military achievements. Unexpectedly, Yang Zhilian was greedy, and begged Ju Wenzhen to lobby, and replaced it with Zuo Shence's army. For this reason, Sun Rongyi also had a quarrel with Yang Zhilian. Ju Wenzhen has had a lot of things recently, and she has forgotten about it, but now when she heard the Ministry of War mention it, she immediately became nervous, and then remembered that the person who was transferred to Chang'an was also her confidant, so she put her heart down.

This matter was discussed by the emperor and the prime minister a long time ago, so it did not take too long. Then there is Wang Shuwen's play, saying that this year's wind and rain are smooth, the finances are good, enough for several years, the new monarch ascends the throne, and the kindness should be covered in all directions, and he asks for the exemption of the people everywhere from the tax arrears of 526,840 over the years. This matter caused a heated discussion, Wu Yuanheng, the scholar of the Chinese book, thought that this year was still exempted from taxes in Guanzhong and various places, and the income of the imperial court was greatly reduced, and the arrears could be reduced and improperly exempted, but the servants of the Ministry of Officials Wei Zhiyi, Zuo Chang Wang Ling, Hanlin Bachelor Ling Huai, and Shi Pei Du of the Imperial Court agreed with Wang Shuwen, and the King of Guangling also agreed with Wang Shuwen, and said: "Treat the common people well." However, some ministers are worried that if this is a practice, it will become common for the people to resist tax arrears, and Li Yu clearly despises this kind of minister who does not know the suffering of the people.

So after Du You nodded and said that it was feasible, Li Yu ordered Zheng Qi to draft the edict. Then the king of Guangling played, reported the Fengxiang governor Mai saw and heard, talked about the loyalty and hard work of the Fengxiang soldiers, choked up several times, and asked the emperor to reward the Fengxiang soldiers, Li Yu agreed at the moment, and decided to take the king of Guangling as the envoy, and the labor army Fengxiang comforted the army. With Yuan Zi, the general of Zuo Jin Wuwei, as his deputy envoy, Han Tai, Liu Yuxi, Lu Chun and others followed.