The war situation in Goguryeo was currently the focus of the entire Sui Dynasty. The officials in the court were discussing it, and the people in the city were also discussing it.
This year, there is no greater event than the expedition to Goguryeo.
Hundreds of thousands of people from Guanzhong have left, and every household is burning incense and praying for the safe return of their husband and son. Therefore, the incense in Taoist temples and Buddhist temples has been the most prosperous recently. It is a bustle that Yang Ming has not seen since he was born.
As far away as the East Palace, he could vaguely smell the smell of burning incense.
Xue Daoheng was urgently called to Luoyang by Yang Guang to participate in the drafting of the edict to conquer Goguryeo. He came back afterwards and has been teaching Qin King Yang Rui to study in the East Palace.
Li Jiancheng was also transferred back to the Ministry of Rites by Yang Ming. He was very happy about the transfer at work. He thought Yang Ming was interesting and had been caring about him. When the minister had a vacancy, he first thought of himself.
"Jinyang Palace has been built. Although I have never been there, I can conclude from my father's letter that the newly built Jinyang Palace will definitely satisfy His Majesty." Li Jiancheng was in the East Palace, wandering around the back garden with Yang Ming, with a look on his face
spring breeze.
Yang Ming smiled and said: "You have chosen a good name. Once it is completed, there may be another big project waiting for you to build in the future."
"That's not possible," Jiancheng said with a smile, "My father is fairly knowledgeable about engineering and construction, but I just know nothing about it."
Yang Ming laughed and said, "You are quite self-effacing. Projects use skilled craftsmen. With your status, you can just be a supervisor. If there is such a lucrative job in the future, will you take it?"
"I don't want to go, I really don't want to leave the capital. My family members are all here and I can't bear the pain of missing each other," Li Jiancheng said with a smile, "Besides, when I returned to the capital this time, someone showed me a photo and said
After I come back this time, please don’t leave again, otherwise you will die if you leave Beijing.”
Yang Ming was stunned for a moment and couldn't help but laugh: "Is there anyone who reads fortunes like this? They don't talk about future and wealth, they only talk about life and death. You are not very young, how do you love your family so much?"
"That's not true," Li Jiancheng said with a smile: "This man told me after a face-to-face meeting that if I leave Beijing, I will die young. Only if I stay in Daxing can I live a long life. I don't have any big ambitions.
It’s good to save yourself a lot of trouble.”
Are you starting to fool me too? The prince of the Tang Dynasty has no great ambitions, so why are you fooling me? Yang Ming said with a smile:
"If you want to really stand firm in the Shangshu Province, you still need to go out for experience. The Shangshu Province is in charge of state affairs, and local affairs are civil affairs. How can you talk about state affairs if you don't know the civil affairs?"
Li Jiancheng said with a smile: "I have been in Xiangcheng County for two years. I have a deep understanding of civil affairs. I dare not say that I am knowledgeable about civil affairs. I can be considered as understanding the people's sentiments."
I have two years of local work experience, that's enough, don't let me go any further.
"Have anyone from Sili Tai been to your place in the past two years?" Yang Ming asked.
Jiancheng said: "Of course I have been there. My place is not far from Luoyang, and it can be regarded as the foothold of the emperor. People in Sili Tai come to my place when they are free. I don't have any time to spare."
Don’t have a moment to spare? Then how did you sneak back to see your wife? Yang Ming raised his eyebrows:
"Since you don't want to go anywhere anymore, I won't make things difficult for you. Don't listen to those sorcerers in the future. Why will you die if you leave the capital? You go out of the capital tomorrow and I'll see if you die."
"That's not what I mean," Li Jiancheng said with a smile: "When this person talks about leaving the capital, he cannot leave the capital to work and live elsewhere. It will definitely be okay to go out for fun."
Yang Ming frowned and said, "Do you really believe this?"
Li Jiancheng nodded: "This man's physiognomy is very good. His Highness also knows that our family has always had a good relationship with the Wang family in Taiyuan. Do you know Wang Ku?"
Yang Ming nodded: "He used to be a doctor in the Imperial Academy, and later he served as a consultant in the Han Dynasty and joined the army. He should be dead, right?"
"He is indeed dead," Jiancheng said: "After His Highness invaded Jinyang, he committed suicide in his mansion. His wife and children were also sent to Lingnan and died on the road. However, he had a nephew named Wang Gui, who was supposed to sit together.
But he ran away and has not been caught so far. Your Highness, guess where he is hiding?"
Wang Gui turns out to be Wang Gui’s nephew?
Yang Ming has an impression of Wang Gui. He worked in the Ministry of Secretaries during the reign of Emperor Kaihuang. Historically, this person served as the Minister of Rites during the Li Shimin period, and he was also considered to have the power of the prime minister.
In the Sui and Tang Dynasties, there were eight prime ministers, namely the left and right servants and the six ministers.
Yang Ming said in surprise: "You know where he went, why didn't you report it to the court?"
Li Jiancheng smiled and said: "There is no need to report it. When you became the crown prince, His Majesty issued a general pardon to the world. Wang Gui was among the pardoned people. Now he is no longer a sinner."
"Are you taking advantage of me?" Yang Ming said with a smile.
Li Jiancheng said: "That's natural, otherwise this kid would never dare to come out of Zhongnan Mountain in his life."
"Just hiding in Zhongnan Mountain?" Yang Ming said blankly.
Li Jiancheng said with a smile: "Isn't that right? He just listened to the fortune teller and said that Mount Zhongnan is a blessed place in the world. Only by building a hut in the mountain can you avoid disaster. He can't say that in five years, he will be free of sin. You see.
, it’s all up to him.”
The crusade against Yang Liang took place in the fourth year of Renshou, and the succession of Yang Ming to the crown prince took place in the fifth year of Daye. Is this really five years?
A blind cat bumped into a dead mouse? Or is it really that amazing?
Yang Ming snorted coldly: "So, this fortune teller is suspected of covering up the guilty minister?"
Li Jiancheng was stunned for a moment and said quickly: "What are you arguing with him about?"
Yang Ming smiled and patted Jiancheng on the shoulder: "What is this person's name and where is he now?"
Jiancheng said: "This man is from Chengdu, Yizhou. His ancestors served in the Liang and Zhou Dynasties successively. He can be considered a family of officials. He has no official position at the moment. He was invited by the eldest princess to the capital for a fortune-telling. His name is Yuan Tiangang."
Yang Ming was stunned, good guy, is this this old boy?
“How old is this person?”
Jiancheng said: "Twenty-nine years old."
Still very young, Yang Ming asked: "You mean, he is at the eldest princess's place right now?"
Li Jiancheng nodded: "Originally in Luoyang, he was brought back to the capital by the warrior Yu and introduced to the eldest princess. This man surnamed Wu is very lucky. I heard that he will soon marry the eldest girl from Yang Huangmen's family."
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Yang should be thirty-two years old this year, marrying twelve years earlier than in history. Yang Ming shook his head and smiled bitterly. It seemed that he helped Wu Hua get Luoyang Prime Minister, but now he is trying to fawn over Yang Da.
.
So, is it possible that Wu Zetian was born early? Maybe she can compete with others in her lifetime?
Little girl, I'll take care of you.
"Are you free now?" Yang Ming asked.
Li Jiancheng hurriedly said: "Your Highness, what are you talking about? I'm free at any time if you want."
Yang Ming smiled: "Let's go, come with me to the eldest princess's mansion and see who this person is."
Yang Jian lived to be sixty-five years old, and Dugu Jialuo lived to be fifty-nine years old. As the eldest daughter, Yang Lihua is also fifty-one years old this year. For a person of her status, she lacks nothing, and what she cares about most is
His life is over.
Live a few more years and enjoy a few more years of happiness.
So she asked Yuan Tiangang for a fortune teller to see how long she could live. Of course she likes to listen to good and obedient words, but after Yuan Tiangang saw it for Yang Lihua, he said something shocking:
"Looking at the life wheel of the eldest princess, the life span should be completed two years ago, which is the fifth year of Daye. The eldest princess should have the calamity of the West, but it seems that a noble person changed her life, so the eldest princess has to survive this calamity. The west belongs to Geng
Gold, Xin gold, the number is four or nine, the eldest princess will live for thirteen years and should die in eleven years."
Yang Lihua's expression suddenly changed, and she looked at Yang Da's daughter Yang with an angry expression.
Yang hurriedly said: "This is how this person talks. He is different from other sycophants. He speaks bluntly. I hope the eldest princess will forgive me."
I am fifty-one this year. In eleven years, I will be sixty-two, and I will only live to be sixty-two. With Yang Lihua’s character, she is very dissatisfied when she hears such remarks.
But before coming, Yang once told her about Yuan Tiangang's past clever plans, all of which came true. She also said that this man dared to say anything.
Does he dare? He doesn't dare. Ask him to give an interview to Yang Guangxiang.
The physiognomists and magicians of the Great Sui Dynasty basically inherited the "Book of Changes". There are three parts of the Book of Changes: "Lianshan", "Guizang", and "Zhouyi". The first two parts were lost in the Han Dynasty, and the ones that have not been lost are still alive.
, which is the "Book of Changes".
"Book of Changes" was a banned book in the Sui Dynasty, and it was not allowed to be circulated among the people for private collection.
Yuan Tiangang didn't know where he learned the skill, but he used the sixty-four hexagrams and the three hundred and eighty-four lines in the Book of Changes to divine fortune-telling.
Yang Lihua pondered for a moment, looked at Yuan Tiangang with a mustache below, and said:
"Is there another noble person here in this palace? Then you can tell me who this noble person is."
Yuan Tiangang said: "The hexagram of the eldest princess is the twentieth hexagram among the sixty-four hexagrams. Guan hexagram, this is the middle and upper hexagram. Observers, look down and look up. The eldest princess is extremely noble. Looking up is only your majesty.
That is to say, this noble person of yours should be a junior member of your family."
"Junior?" The first thing Yang Lihua thought of was Yang Ming. She was stunned for a moment, and then fell into deep thought.
After a while, Yang Lihua's expression changed drastically. Two years ago, in the west?
Isn't that what Yang Ming warned him not to do on patrol with Amoshi? If he didn't go to Zhangye, wouldn't that mean he had escaped the catastrophe of the West?
Now it’s better. Yang Lihua’s view of Yuan Tiangang changed drastically and she continued:
"Then do you have any way to extend my life?"
Yuan Tiangang shook his head: "The number of heaven and earth begins with one and ends with nine. The eldest princess is the mother-queen and occupies the number nine. The five elements belong to Yin and are in conflict with nine. It is difficult to live long and the destiny cannot be changed."
Yang Lihua's mood suddenly became extremely bad.
It was at this time that the maid came to report that the prince had arrived with Dalang Jiancheng of Tang Guogong's family.
Yang Lihua's eyebrows moved and she looked at Yuan Tiangang:
"You've come just in time, you might as well give the prince a portrait."
Yuan Tiangang was shocked and hurriedly said: "The prince is the master of the Eastern Qing Palace. People dare not spy on him for fear of losing their longevity."
"Oh?" Yang Lihua frowned and said, "How long is your life expectancy?"
Yuan Tiangang said honestly: "He lived eighty-four years and died in the winter moon."
Haha, you will live twenty years longer than me? Yang Lihua curled her lips: "Zhang Qiu Taiyi, I just have to meet the prince. Isn't it good now? You must meet the prince today." (End of Chapter)