Chapter 2: Escapism

Tang Gaozong Li Zhi, the word is good, the third emperor of the Tang Dynasty, born on June 13 of the second year of Zhenguan, the ninth son of Tang Taizong, and the eldest grandson of the mother of Wendeshun Holy Empress.

Li Zhi was crowned the king of Jin in the fifth year of Zhenguan, and in seven years, he was appointed as the governor of the state. In Taizong's later years, there was a struggle between the crown prince Li Chengqian and the king of Wei, Li Tai, for the right to inherit the throne. In the seventeenth year, Li Chengqian attempted to murder Li Tai. After the incident, Taizong abolished the crown prince Chengqian, deposed Li Tai, the king of Wei, and renamed Li Zhi, the king of Jin, as the crown prince. During this period, when Li Zhi was serving Taizong, Wu and Li Zhi met and fell in love. In May 23, Taizong died, and Li Zhi ascended the throne as Tang Gaozong, who was twenty-two years old at the time, and changed to Yuan Yonghui the following year, and Tang Gaozong established Wang as the queen.

After the death of Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, the Wu family entered the Ganye Temple to cut his hair as a nun according to the example of the Tang harem. At the beginning of his accession to the throne, Gaozong continued to implement the various political and economic systems formulated by Taizong, and worked with Li Ji, the eldest grandson Wuji, and Chu Suiliang to assist the government. When Gaozong ascended the throne, he announced to the ministers: "If there is something inconvenient to the people, it is advisable to show it, and if it is not complete, it will be even more sealed." "And the day to lead the assassin into the cabinet, ask the people about the suffering; The instruction was frugal, and Gaozong immediately summoned the order: "Those who sacrifice eagles and falcons and dogs and horses from Beijing officials and other states are guilty."

"In the harem, Queen Wang has no children and no favor, Concubine Xiao Shufei not only has a son, but also is talented and intelligent, and is deeply loved by Gaozong, for this reason, Queen Wang hates Concubine Xiao Shu very much. On the day of Taizong's sacrifice, Gaozong went to Ganye Temple to make incense, met Wu, and the two cried to each other. When Queen Wang heard about this, she secretly asked the Wu family to grow her hair and persuaded Gaozong to include her in the harem, wanting to use the Wu family to separate Concubine Xiao Shu's favor. Soon, the Wu clan was favored and was named Zhaoyi.

In the frontier, not long after Gaozong ascended the throne, the Western Turk Ashina Helu Po Yibi shot the Khan, called himself Shabaluo Khan, built a tooth tent in Qianquan, unified the people of the ten surnames of the Western Turks, and became enemies of the Tang Dynasty. Tang sent Liang Jianfang, Qi He Li and others as the general managers of the march of Gongyue Road, and led the Tang soldiers and Hui soldiers to the west. The Chao and Xian Peninsula were divided into three kingdoms: Goguryeo, Baekje and Silla, although they fought repeatedly, they all peeped into the Tang Dynasty, and the Wa Kingdom wanted to use Baekje to achieve the ambition of the wolf.

In the opposition, the eight major families are in full swing, the Bashu Tang family and the Yang family dominate one side, and form a marriage, Tang Feng, the master of the Tang Gate, married his beloved daughter Tang Wan'er to Yang Yuanmu, the master of the Yang Gate, and in the early years, Yang Yuanmu's father was a friend of life and death with the father of the famous minister of the dynasty, the father of the eldest grandson Wuji, the eldest grandson Ningxiang and Yang Yuanmu, the third sister of the eldest grandson Wuji, and Yang Yuanmu were married to the fingertips, and the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, Li Shimin, in order to thank Cihang Jingzhai for assisting him in his hegemony, discussed with the holy daughter of Cihang Jingzhai Xuan, and married Hu Jingyi, the little sister of the concubine, to Yang Yuanmu, The reason is that the two already have a heart of admiration when they are in the rivers and lakes.

On the other hand, the five families of Dongfang, Ximen, Cui, Nangong and Zhao who live in the south of the Yangtze River are anti-Yang family and Tang family, and they marry each other, and although the Xie family has no background in the middle of the dynasty, but its head Xie Fengling and Yang Yuanmu are friends of life and death, and the first generation of the Xie family, Lei Jiu (later renamed Xie), is the friend of life and death of the two great heroes Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling, Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling Kuang helped Taizong Li Shimin achieve hegemony is a good story in the rivers and lakes, and the Xie family is enough to compete with the other seven families.

It can be seen from this that the prestige of the Yang family, the Tang family, and the Xie family in the rivers and lakes is greater than that of the Dongfang, Ximen, Cui family, Nangong, and Zhao families, but the situation gradually changed after the Wu family was favored by Gaozong and was named Zhaoyi. The Wu family was named Zhaoyi, the eldest grandson Wuji and Chu Suiliang and other veteran ministers objected, but Li Yifu, Xu Jingzong, etc. catered to the emperor's wishes, Li Yifu, Xu Jingzong and Dongfang, Ximen, Cui family, Nangong, Zhao family personal friendship is heavy, so far, the five major families rely on the relationship between Li Yifu and Xu Jingzong, and the Yang family, the Tang family, and the Xie family are also confronted.

The eldest grandson Wuji knew that the Wu clan was useless against Feng Zhaoyi, and secretly felt that this was not a simple battle between wives and concubines and a harem for favor, but had a profound political background. So after discussing with the second sister Deshun Holy Empress Changsun, he wrote to inform the third sister Yang Yuanmu that it was better to return to the rivers and lakes.

The Wu family, for Wu Zetian, is the second daughter of the Tang Dynasty Founding Hero Wu Shi Yan, and her mother Yang, whose ancestral home is Wenshui, Shanxi, was born in Lizhou, Sichuan, and spent her childhood and adolescence in Lizhou. The real name is unknown, at the age of fourteen into the harem for the talented person (is the fifth product) Tang Taizong gave the name of Mei, known as "Wu Meiniang" and Li Yifu, Xu Jingzong has a deep relationship, was Gaozong Zhaoyi, the two contributed a lot, so far, the two forces in the world have been decided, the future, and I don't know how many swords and swords.

"Husband, have you found Tian'er?" Hu Jingyi was concerned about the whereabouts of her beloved son and did not immediately reply to her husband's questions.

"I didn't find it, what the hell happened?" Yang Yuanmu saw the frowning faces of his mother and four beloved wives, still with that expression, thinking that things should have nothing to do with unfilial sons, but what is it?

At this time, the eldest grandson Ningxiang walked to Yang Yuanmu's side, took out a letter and handed it to Yang Yuanmu and said, "Husband, the eldest brother has a letter, you can read it first." ”

I opened the letter and read it, and it read: 'Brother and sister, I haven't seen you for two years since the Lantern Festival was said the year before last, and I don't know if everything is okay? Now Li Zhi Gaozong has become a great unification, I thought that the world was decided, who knew that the dark surging, Gaozong to establish the Wu clan as Zhaoyi, this is not a big deal, but the Wu family has Li Yifu, Xu Jingzong, Li Tao three sons to support, according to this continuation, Wu he will become the queen in the future, Li Yifu, Xu Jingzong, Li Tao three sons of the five families will fight back against the virtuous brother, brother secretly feels that this is not a simple wife and concubine fight, harem competition, but has a deep political background, special letter to inform, Wang Xian brother is more enough to retire to the rivers and lakes, to protect the Ming rule, a few words, There is no cousin for the nostalgia of the brother, and the brother and sister of the hope are considerate. ’

After reading the letter, Yang Yuanmu handed the letter into the hands of the eldest grandson Ningxiang, took a deep breath and said: "The meaning of the eldest brother is that he hopes that we will retire to the rivers and lakes, and the five major families will definitely use the relationship between Li Yifu, Xu Jingzong, and Li Tao to vigorously attack us, and it seems that we should quickly notify the old man and Brother Xie." ”

"What do you mean?" Hu Jingyi didn't quite understand the meaning of her husband's words.

"In fact, during the Mid-Autumn Festival last year, Brother Xie and I both had the intention of retiring, but we have not made any preparations, and now the eldest brother is in a letter, it is obvious that he has felt that there will be a storm waiting for us in the future, so we should retire early." Yang Yuanmu said: "This Wu Mei Niang, although she is the second daughter of the warrior of the Tang Dynasty, but according to Brother Xie, Uncle Xie and Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling, Bafeng Han The three heroes met in Zhenguan for ten years, Chang'an, and had a relationship with this woman, and this woman actually called a generation of witch Wan Wan as her mother's mother, and later Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling both heroes thought that this woman must be a tool used by the devil to get the world, I guess the eldest brother has seen through this, so he asked us to prepare early. ”

"If the Wu clan is really a demon Dao person, then the harem will be unimaginable." Hu Jingyi exclaimed: "No wonder some time ago, Senior Sister and Senior Concubine Xuan wrote to say that the Demon Dao is showing signs of recovery, telling us to be careful, it seems that it must have nothing to do with this Wu Clan." ”

"Then I'll quickly inform my father and let them take precautions." Tang Wan'er said.

"It's okay, for now, notify the old man first, I'll write a letter to Brother Xie later, and see how to retire." Yang Yuanmu made a decision and said, "Actually, retirement is a trivial matter, what really reassures me is that I am not filial piety, this time I actually did such a big rebellious thing, it seems that it is time to send him to Tianshan." After saying that, he sent people to look for it.

"Yuanmu, do you want to follow your grandfather's wishes and send Tian'er to Tianshan?" Old Mrs. Yang sitting on the side, Feng Ziling, the mother of Yang Yuanmu, the head of the Yang family, finally spoke, she only has one grandson, of course she is a little reluctant, but she has not forgotten her father-in-law's last words, 'Tian'er's physique is different from ordinary people, it is a talent that can practice martial arts in ten thousand, but don't teach any martial arts before the age of fifteen, after the age of fifteen, send it to heaven, and Jiuyangzi will arrange for descendants to teach it. ’

It was precisely because of her father-in-law Yang Guozhang's words that Feng Ziling did not ask her son Yang Yuanmu to teach Yang Xiaotian any kung fu, because her father-in-law said so, he must have had some negotiations with Jiuyangzi Daxia.

"If you don't send him to Tianshan, I think this kid will break into some big disaster sooner or later, and my grandfather's last words also said that Tian'er must be sent to Tianshan, although I don't know what it has to do with it, but I think my grandfather must have his reasons." Yang Yuan Mu said, he has already decided, follow his grandfather's wishes, and send Yang Xiaotian to Tianshan.

It turned out that when Yang Xiaotian was born, Yang Guozhang felt that Yang Xiaotian's physique was very strange, although he was a good talent for practicing martial arts, but he was not suitable for practicing righteous martial arts.

Seeing that her husband had made up her mind, even her mother-in-law's words were ignored, Hu Jingyi knew that her words had no effect, and she had to accept the fact that her beloved son was going to be sent to Tianshan, and at the same time she couldn't help but be a little worried, of course she knew what kind of virtue her son was, and she didn't know what kind of turmoil he would make after he went to Tianshan, and sighed deeply in his heart and said: "Since my husband has decided, then I have to choose a day to send Tian'er to Tianshan. It's never too late to tell him. ”

And Yang Xiaotian is here.

The Anya Pavilion in the backyard of Boundless Academy is the study of Dean Cheng Yuanzhi. Cheng Yuanzhi is sitting at the desk looking at a book, although he is nearly sixty years old, but he is very well maintained, he looks like he is in his forties, and this Cheng Yuanzhi is a scholar of the Tai Academy of the Two Dynasties, and he is very knowledgeable and highly valued by the emperor.

After returning to his hometown, he became the dean of the Boundless Academy at the request of many local scholarly squires.

The beautiful woman walked into Cheng Yuanzhi's study with a food box and said, "Master, the concubine is here to bring you food." Cheng Yuanzhi looked at his wife in her prime, nodded slightly, and continued to flip through the scroll in his hand.

The beautiful woman put the food box on his table and said, "When the concubine came, I saw Huang Hui and Zhao Huan kneeling in the middle of the courtyard, I don't know what mistakes they made?" ”

Cheng Yuanzhi blew his beard and said: "Those two little ghosts only know nonsense all day long, and they are really rotten wood that cannot be carved." The beautiful woman said, "Then why didn't the master expel them from the academy." ”

Cheng Yuanzhi sighed: "Xin'er, don't you know, when I was poor, it was because of the great grace of the Zhao and Huang families that I could have today's achievements." Although the two of them are stubborn, their nature is never bad, and their talents are not bad, if they can calm down and study hard, he will be able to gain fame one day, and glorify his ancestors, especially that Huang Hui is smart and smart, if he can train well, he will be able to achieve great things. If that's the case, I'll also have an explanation for Mrs. Huang. ”

Mu Xin'er smiled and said, "Master, you have worked so hard, I don't know if these two little ghosts have ever understood." Cheng Yuanzhi sighed: "I hope they can understand it as soon as possible, now that the scientific expedition is approaching, I will also be busy for a while." ”

Mu Xin'er said: "I just don't know who can be named on the gold list of Boundless Academy this year." Cheng Yuanzhi stroked his beard and said: "I think Gao Hong's hope is quite big by then." Mu Xin'er's beautiful eyes lit up and said, "Could it be that the little prodigy who wrote poems at the age of six and wrote lyrics at the age of seven?" ”

Cheng Yuanzhi nodded and said, "It's this person." Gao Hong is 18 years old this year, he is talented and has outstanding literary talents, and this year's Jinke champion must be in his pocket. Speaking of his proud disciple, Cheng Yuanzhi suddenly brightened and smiled.

"Master, during this time, you have gone out early and returned late for this scientific expedition, and you haven't slept well for several days." When Mu Xin'er said the last sentence, her jade cheeks flew dizzy, her eyes flowed, her lips opened slightly, and her snort was slightly heavier.

Cheng Yuanzhi smiled and said, "Xin'er, don't worry, my old bones are very tough." ”