Hu Zhen was holding a needle-money basket in his hand, wearing coarse clothes, and smearing his face sallowly, dressing up like a weaver. He followed the maids through the pavilions and entered a Taoist temple in the princess's palace.
She used to run the Fenglian Building, and since Dong Songchen was there, Guan De was in charge.
After Dong Songchen died, she still listened to Guan De.
For more than a year, Guan De only asked her to inquire about market intelligence, and the business was getting worse and worse... and finally she couldn't continue doing it.
Today is the last time I come to the princess mansion.
The Taoist temple is not big. It looks simple and crude from the outside, but it has everything you need inside.
Turning to the small pavilion on the second floor, behind the bead curtain, a beauty dressed in plain clothes was leaning on a soft couch, with a snow-white cat lying in front of her.
"..."
"Jiang Shaoqing didn't know what Jia Sidao wanted us to do. Before he left, he heard that if something was not decided, he could ask the concubine, so Jiang sent Si Mingnu's family to come."
"Let me look for it."
Yan Rong called a maid and ordered: "Go and get those books of mine, the one with 'Speaking Master' written on the cover."
After a while, a roster was handed to Hu Zhen.
"This is?"
Yan Rong smiled slightly and said: "When Ding Daquan was the prime minister, there were more than just the 'Ding Party' people who took refuge in him. They were ministers who were straightforward and remonstrating. There were many people who took money and acted as mouthpieces. Now they are pretending to serve the country."
Forget death and frame me... Li Jieshuai is here, the certificate and details are all in it, take it."
"Yes." Hu Zhen responded: "After this matter is settled, the slave family will go to Sichuan and ask the concubine to take care..."
"What?"
"Secretary Jiang asked the Nu family to sell the Fenglian Tower and leave with the Chief of Guan Pavilion."
"On what basis?" Yan Rong was displeased and stood up, his beautiful eyes filled with power and said, "On what basis can I take you away?"
"Concubine, please calm down..."
"Don't call me concubine! Don't forget who is your benefactor."
Hu Zhen quickly bowed down and explained: "The Nu family dare not forget it, but Jiang Shisi said that the Nu family is a lowly family and is too eye-catching. Sooner or later, if he stays in Lin'an, he will be killed by the Jia Party."
"What about me? Li Xia never thought about my safety?"
"Jiang Shisiyan, my benefactor is a royal family member, and Jiang Shaoqing is an official. There is no danger, so I go first..."
"snort!"
Yan Rong became more and more angry. He picked up the soft pillow on the couch and threw it on Hu Zhen. Then he kicked his feet and felt sulky.
"My benefactor, calm down, slave..."
"Let me ask you, is Li Xia going to give up Lin'an's eyeliner?"
"Chief Jiang said...Lin'an is full of smoke and smoke, and there's not much to explore..."
"Then what should I do?" Yan Rong interrupted without waiting for Hu Zhen to finish, and cursed: "I'm afraid he has forgotten who has been stabilizing the situation in North Korea and China for him for more than a year, and which time has he
Isn’t it because of me that I helped him get promoted? He has lost his conscience and wants to use it up and just throw it away? If he dares not to take me away, I..."
She didn't know how to threaten Li Xia for a moment, so she had no choice but to pick up another soft pillow and throw it at him.
Hu Zhen did not shy away and responded: "My lord, please listen to what I have to say. Li Jieshuai's letter has arrived, and Ambassador Jiang asked me to deliver it today."
"If you didn't tell me earlier, give it to me quickly."
After Yan Rong read the letter, he turned away and chuckled.
"It seems that he has not completely lost his conscience."
"Yes, the benefactor is a noble person. Unlike the slave family and the chief minister, who can escape easily, it is better to arrange things properly first so as not to leave any trouble in the future and make people talk about right and wrong."
"When will the arrangements begin?"
"First ask the benefactor to send a group of confidants to see Jiang Shisi. After Li Jieshuai is crowned king, he will start to make arrangements..."
After seeing Hu Zhen, Yan Rong was in a good mood. He held the letter and read it for a while, then lay down on the couch, raised his slender legs to admire it, and cursed softly to himself.
"ungrateful."
…
As Yan Rong said, every time Li Xia was promoted to a higher position, she had more or less contributed to it, and it was no different this time.
Three days later, Zhao Jin sent someone to find out the news.
For some reason, just hearing Li Xia's official name, Yan Rong, who had been a concubine, felt his heart sway, as if the series of false posts were more prestigious than the emperor...
He was awarded the title of a hero who served the country diligently, founded the Yitong Three Divisions of the Prefecture, inspected the school Shaobao, envoy of the Zhenxi Army, Yongxing Army, and Jianxiong Army of the three towns, the Xuanfu Disposal Envoy of Sichuan and Shaanxi and the Inspection Envoy of Yunnan, and maintained the integrity forever.
He promoted the military affairs of the army, and also managed the internal envoys to encourage farmers, and was granted the title of Prince of Pingling County.
~~
On the tenth day of March in Lin'an, there was a lot of curses.
"Being crowned a king with a different surname at the age of twenty-one is something that has never happened since the founding of the country! Jia Sidao is frivolous and loses the dignity of a minister; Li Xia has ulterior motives and has the ambition to overstep his bounds, and everyone in the world will be deaf..."
Li Xia's reputation in the court took a turn for the worse.
Originally, they thought that Li Xia should be rewarded for his contribution to regaining Longxi. After hearing this, the officials who opposed the false accusation of the hero thought that this reward was too heavy.
Not only is it too heavy, it's almost ridiculous.
Inspecting the school, Shaobao, and the military's military festival are nothing, just a false duty; in Xinping, Dali, there is no harm in adding an inspection envoy; in remote Guanzhong, it doesn't matter for the time being... In short, they are all dispatches.
It was too much to grant him the title of king and open a palace. He only recaptured Longxi. Zhao Kui also recaptured the three capitals. As for conferring titles, it should not be so unrewarding.
It can be seen that Li Xia's rebellious intention has been clearly revealed.
You deserve to be scolded!
Rebellious ministers and traitors!
However, a large number of officials who initially accused Li Xia of being rebellious fell silent and refused to comment...
~~
"Nothing can be done."
Jia Sidao closed the edict in his hand, his eyelids twitched, and he murmured: "There are infinite painting hands in the world, and it is impossible to paint with such sadness."
This poem talks about the collapse of the country in the late Tang Dynasty.
The following Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms were the most cruel times in the world.
He had to think of the Anshi Rebellion that turned the Tang Dynasty from prosperity to decline.
Now, the purpose of enduring for the country is to avoid another rebellion.
Jia Sidao also knew that the Song Dynasty was far inferior to the Tang Dynasty before the Anshi Rebellion.
Exactly like this, it makes people even more helpless.
"This is the condition proposed by Li Ni to open the palace with the three divisions and make him a king. As for the posts of envoys in Sichuan and Shaanxi, it doesn't matter whether they are given or not. Giving some other false posts is not only to match his title of county prince, but also to highlight the imperial court.
You are so kind to me, if he wants to rebel in the future, he will be betraying your kindness."
"Yes." Liao Yingzhong said: "Ping Zhanggong has good intentions."
Jia Sidao was still talking to himself, murmuring: "Prince Pingling... I have carefully considered the fiefdom of Pingling. Fenzhou in Shanxi is not under Li Ni's rule, and it is not far away.
The imperial court commissioned him to use the hope of recovery to make the Mongols pay more attention to Li Ni's threat. If the Mongols go south again in the future, they should attack Li Ni first."
"Ping Zhanggong has thought carefully..."
"It is precisely because I asked the officials to reward Li Xia that he is the king of Pingling County. Otherwise, if he had established himself as the King of Qin, how could he conquer him?"
When Jia Sidao said this, his sighing tone was vaguely like Cheng Yuanfeng's.
He has become a bit older recently.
I can no longer feel free and easy.
Liao Yingzhong was about to say a few words of comfort. The next moment, Jia Sidao turned her head and stopped sighing.
"How is Uncle Li Zeng doing lately?"
"He also wrote nonsense." Liao Yingzhong said: "He had a very good personal relationship with Wu Qian. When Wu Qian resigned, he wrote a poem as a gift to Wu Qian, 'It is a pitiful place, but the hero's gray hair is empty and the mink fur is empty', so it is taboo
I hate Mr. Ping Zhang and deliberately make things difficult for him."
"What did I say last time?"
"Order Zhang Ruohui to impeach Li Zengbo and have him dismissed from office."
Jia Sidao tapped the table lightly and murmured: "Of all the commanders around, only Li Zengbo. Is Zhao Kui's prestige enough to suppress Li Xia?"
Liao Yingzhong said: "Mou Zicai once said, 'Sichuan is at the beginning and Wu is at the end, which is tens of thousands of miles away. Today, there are only Ping Zhanggong in the Huaihe River and Li Zengbo in Jingshu.' Li Zengbo is indeed capable of controlling Shu."
"When did Mou Zicai say that?"
"It's been three or four years."
Jia Sidao shook his head and said: "I don't want to use the three capitals to expose the incident, and I'm afraid that Li Zengbo will collude with Li Xia."
"Of course not. Although Li Zengbo doesn't know how to praise, he is loyal to the country."
"Let's imitate it."
Jia Sidao picked up a memorial and handed it over.
When Liao Yingzhong took a look, she saw that the emperor's official seal had been used on it.
"Tell Li Zengbo to be the envoy of the Longxi pacification system, and also know the Gongchang Mansion..."
As for Jia Sidao, after being defeated by Li Xia twice in a row, he also made reflections and changes, and was actually willing to give promotions to political opponents he could not deal with.
It's better than using Wang Jian.
Tolerance serves the country.
After finally dealing with Li Xia for the time being, Jia Sidao leaned back on the Grand Master's chair and seemed to fall asleep.
This life has been the most frustrating in recent times.
But if he doesn't cheer up, he may not be able to survive. The "Prince of Pingling County" may still be accumulating strength in Sichuan and Shu.
Jia Sidao rubbed his face and became determined again.
"Don't mention Li Ni's matter to me these days. We should abolish He Bian as soon as possible, distribute gold and silver, and implement the public land law... First, confiscate my 20,000 acres of fertile land to promote public land."
~~
Ciyuan Hall.
Quan Jiu sat there, her face covered with frost.
She rarely showed her emotions on her face. She was usually neither angry nor angry, and always looked dignified.
"The queen calmed down, and Duke Ping Zhang said that he had no choice but to persuade the officials to appease Li Ni. The trouble was that Mr. Cheng secretly ordered Ma Qian to act without permission. Duke Ping Zhang had tried his best..."
Quan Jiu still responded with a cold face.
She actually understood why Jia Sidao did what he did, but she was still inexplicably angry.
The one who was angry was not Jia Sidao, but... Prince Pingling.
As the queen of Zhao Fu, she could feel most deeply that the authority of the mighty Emperor Zhao and Song was far inferior to that of Prince Pingling.
When the evidence of Li Xia's rebellion was revealed in front of her little by little, when Li Xia was crowned king and opened a palace, Quan Jiu suddenly thought that the decision to marry Zhao Fu was so ridiculous.
for what?
Mother honors the world?
Back then, the man who only had a one-time relationship was awarded the title of Prince of the County, but she, the empress whose mother cared about the world, was the first to lose confidence in the Zhao family and the country...
She suddenly wanted to know what the officials thought about such a big event.
After getting off the carriage and heading towards the palace where Hu Guifei was staying, Quanjiu was about to get off the chariot when she stepped on the cotton stool with one foot and heard the cheerful laughter inside.
"Haha, another one, another one..."
Quan Jiu closed her eyes and let two lines of tears slowly flow down...
~~
On this day, Hu Zhenze had left the troubled Lin'an by boat with Guan De.
The boat sailed up the Yangtze River for more than twenty days. Hu Zhen was depressed all the way. She couldn't bear to part with the prosperous city and the family fortune that she had worked so hard for half her life.
To San Shaanxi, the forests are cold and the streams are austere, with tall apes often roaring.
When we get to Qutang Pass in Kuimen, we are surrounded by high mountains and Lingjiang River on both sides of the river, and the water is turbulent and roaring.
The boat in front docked first.
Suddenly, I heard the soldiers cheering all over the city.
"Congratulations to the prince for opening his palace! Make great achievements again and sweep away the dust!"
"Create great achievements again and sweep away the dust!"
"..."
The passionate cries echoed from the cliffs on both sides of the Taiwan Strait.
Hu Zhen got off the boat all the way. When he saw Li Xia, who was wearing armor and standing on top of Guancheng, he felt that his momentum suddenly became brighter.
It's night, and the army is celebrating.
Hu Zhen, who had not sang or danced in the past sixteen years, was a little drunk. He suddenly became interested. He threw away the small wine glass he had brought from Lin'an, grabbed the large bowl from Guan De's hand and took a swig. He emboldened himself and ran to Li Xia.
before.
She was drunk and said loudly: "Today we know where the decades of stability in Jiangnan came from. How about I sing a song for the king and the soldiers?"
"well!"
The lieutenants of the army were all clasping their hands and cheering.
Hu Zhen was so happy that as soon as her skirt was lifted, she started dancing and singing.
"..."
"The king travels from the three rivers to the five lakes, and the building and boat cross the sea to Yangdu..."
The singing prostitute has long passed away, and her singing voice is not as melodious as in her early years, but more heroic.
I don’t know whether it was because I was too drunk or because of my style, so I couldn’t compare with Liu Susu and failed to become the court oiran of that year.
"The long wind has hung the mat and it is difficult to recover, and the sea has moved and the mountain has collapsed and the ancient moon has destroyed it."
"Look at the emperor's son floating on the river, he looks like a dragon coming out of the gorge..."
Maybe he wanted to express his loyalty to Li Xia, maybe he was really happy. At this time, he was in a completely different scene from Jiangnan. Hu Zhen had thrown away all the shackles and just borrowed Li Bai's poems to sing out his feelings.
"My Wanglou ship is lighter than the Qin and Han Dynasties, but it is like Emperor Wen who wanted to cross the Liao Dynasty."
"..."
"In the beginning, Zhu Mansion was opened from Yunmeng, and Jinling was used as a hill."
"I would like to borrow the king's jade riding whip and command the soldiers to sit at the Qiong Banquet."
"The south wind sweeps away Hu Chenjing, and flows west into Chang'an to the edge of the sun!"