This generation of King Xiang was called Li Chang, and he was the nephew of Emperor Xuande and a cousin who respected the emperor.
Li Chang is in his fifties. He is not young yet, but he is very energetic.
At this moment, he, his son Li Zhen and their entire family were on their way out of Shu.
The road to Shu is difficult because the land of Shu is mountainous.
Looking at the mountains in the distance, Li Zhen said: "Ah, I will never enter Shu again in this life."
"Young people will not enter Shu, old people will not leave Shu, but now I want to leave Shu."
Li Chang stroked his beard and said happily: "Li Mi wants us to go back and cause trouble for King Qin, but how can I be his pawn? Let's see what King Qin does to us."
Li Zhen said: "They say that King Qin is just like the filial emperor back then! He doesn't have a good impression of us."
Li Chang's eyes were slightly cold, "It's okay. Why do you want to honor the emperor?"
"The King of Qin must inherit his biological father's ambition, otherwise everyone in the world will say he is unfilial," Li Zhen said.
"The King of Qin was still young when he left Chang'an, and he had no idea of filial piety to the emperor. There was no such thing as filial piety or unfilial piety."
"Aye, why are you so... uncomfortable with respecting the emperor?"
"There is nothing uncomfortable. If he treats the clan well..."
"Your Majesty, the clan is discussing matters, please come."
This time Li Mi was a great gift, and he sent back all the accompanying clan members, including his two sons who were filial to the emperor.
The meeting place was in a pavilion beside the official road.
There were too many people in the clan, so those who could enter the pavilion were all older people. There were only two relatively young ones, King Zhen and King Yong.
"Ahem!"
Sitting at the top was Li Xian, the king of virtue. When he saw Li Chang coming, he coughed dryly and said, "Everyone is here, so I'll tell you."
Li Chang sat down and nodded to King Zhen and King Yong, as well as King Cheng Li Song, who was familiar with them.
Li Song smiled in return.
"When we return to Chang'an this time, we think that when we arrive in Chang'an, the new emperor will have already ascended the throne."
Li Xian looked at everyone, "Today's discussion, first of all, do we recognize the new emperor or not?"
Someone outside said, "The new emperor must communicate with the clan before he ascends the throne..."
"Get out!" Li Xian scolded.
The man walked away in disbelief.
Someone said: "The one who killed from the north to the south was more ferocious than the Emperor Gaozu. Do you think that the clan is not here, so he has to wait?"
A group of idiots who have been arrogant for a long time... Li Chang sneered. He thought that since Li Xian invited King Zhen and King Yong to come, it is obvious that he supports the new emperor's ascension to the throne.
"How?" Li Xian asked.
"We are all members of the same family. Even if we fight back and forth, it is still our Li family." Li Song's words represent the position of many people.
"Who disagrees?" Li Xian asked.
King Zhen sat there and observed, and found that many people were a little resentful. He knew that these people were extremely dissatisfied with the little brother, but the little brother had a large army in his hands and had to bow his head.
King Yong whispered: "Like Aye, he is dissatisfied with the clan. If you are dissatisfied, just be dissatisfied! And he said it out loud... Back then, Aye expressed his position early, but when he finally stepped down, the clan refused to help, and many people secretly Adding insult to injury."
"No need to worry about it." Prince Zhen said calmly.
Seeing no one objected, Li Xian said: "In this case, after leaving Shu, that person will be the emperor of the Tang Dynasty."
Everyone nodded, indicating that they had no objection.
"Secondly, last time King Qin released his slaves, many of our people followed him. What should we do about this?"
The last time King Qin released more than 100,000 slaves in Guanzhong, many of them were members of the clan.
King Jeong was observing everyone.
When the news first reached Shu, these clan elders were clamoring for something...
——You little beast, do you dare to be rude to me?
Or what to say... He is indeed a fatherless and motherless person who has lost all family ties.
At this moment, these people were extremely silent.
"Those people have been released, and if we want to get them back..." a clan elder sighed: "I thought, forget it!"
"But without the population, who will plant those fields?" someone asked dissatisfiedly.
"Recruitment." Li Song said.
"Recruitment? The salary given by recruitment is much higher than that of slaves. Our family is going to drink the northwest wind?"
After a while of arguing, Li Xian stopped everyone and said, "Who doesn't want to go to Chang'an to stay at home?"
Someone asked: "What about you?"
"I... admit defeat!"
…
The matter of enthroning is in full swing.
"Yang Qi hasn't been here for a long time."
In the morning, Wang Qin, who was sitting behind the counter, put her chin in her hands and said somewhat melancholy.
"The child is probably studying!" Deng Er said with a smile, "Why, does Qin'er think she is a childhood sweetheart?"
"What childhood sweetheart?" Wang Qin asked.
Guo Xiu glared at Deng Er, "It's nothing."
"Isn't this coming?" Deng Er pointed outside.
A Liang came in with a greased paper bag, "Here, these are the snacks made by my family, you can try them."
Wang Qin took it and asked him first, "Are you studying recently?"
"Yes, sir, he is very strict!" A Liang sighed.
The things taught by King Qin are different from those of the gentlemen. Most of them go straight to the source, and sometimes they are guided by instructions. After the teaching here, A Liang has to go to the gentlemen to study, and occasionally find time to go to metaphysics to worship gods, plus study...
He was very busy, but he didn't know that his old father was whispering behind his back: "This test is not good enough. Do you want to open another interest class for him?"
After saying a few words, A Liang was about to leave.
"for you."
Wang Qin took out a small stone. There were mottled patterns on the small stone in three colors, which looked very interesting.
"Okay, thank you very much."
Ah Liang took it and went back immediately.
After he left, Wang Qin opened the oil paper bag and found the snacks inside...
"Let me try it." Guo Xiu looked at a piece and frowned, "This taste... no good!"
"Then I'll eat it alone!" Wang Qin said, wrapping the oil paper bag again.
…
Ah Liang returned to the palace and went to his mother first.
"Are the snacks I made delicious?" Zhou Ning asked with a smile.
"It's delicious." A Liang nodded vigorously.
"Empress."
Aunt Guan came in with a glowing face, "Your Highness was discussing matters with the ministers and mentioned the matter of the crown prince. Your Highness said that in this enthronement ceremony, the crown prince will be canonized together with him."
"ah!"
Even though he knew that one day would come sooner or later, Zhou Ning was still stunned, "Isn't it too early?"
Ah Liang is still young!
"Liu Gong also said that the eldest husband is still young, so he should wait a few more years. But His Highness said that the children of the poor should be the masters of the family early, and the children of the Tian family must do the same."
Taking care of the good health of the aunt, "Congratulations to the queen, congratulations to the great man."
This was probably the most straightforward emperor in history. He decided on the position of crown prince without any hesitation.
…
It was a cold day when Yue Er and his family arrived in Chang'an.
"From Northern Xinjiang?"
The sergeant at the city gate looked at Yue Er with suspicious eyes, then looked at his wife and children, "You're... not that old, right?"
This old man and young wife is too obvious, and it will inevitably arouse the suspicion of the fake couple.
"I have a good waist!" Yue Er straightened his waist.
"What are you doing in Chang'an?"
"settle down."
"Do you have a place to stay?"
"Some people who defect will buy a house later.
"
"What is your career?"
The sergeant raised his head, "I'm asking you! What is your occupation?"
"I have forgotten my old profession." Yue Er sighed, and then said: "Selling cloth."
"Come in!"
The sergeant explained: "Your Highness is preparing to ascend the throne. The city has been strictly inspected recently, so don't mess with it."
"Your Highness is going to ascend the throne?" Yue Er was overjoyed when he heard this.
"What are you happy about?"
"I and Your Highness have been neighbors for many years, why are you not happy?"
"Full of nonsense!"
A group of carriages slowly entered the city, and after being handed over to the hundreds of cavalry and people accompanying them, they immediately headed south.
"Nian Gong."
The handover officials handed over Nian Xu.
Nian Xu looked at Zhuque Street and sighed: "It's so magnificent!"
"No." The official smiled and said, "When Nian Gong comes to Chang'an, I think he will be happy to miss Shu!"
This was a warning. Nian Xu glanced at the official and said, "I just want to die in Chang'an."
The official nodded, "That's the best."
Nian Xu then invited the King of Qin.
"Nian Xu is here?"
King Qin thought for a while and said, "I'm afraid I'll be even busier after I ascend the throne. Let's meet him!"
Nian Xu then entered the palace.
Unlike the somewhat cramped palaces of the Southern Zhou Dynasty, the palaces of the Tang Dynasty looked magnificent.
When he saw King Qin, two embroiderers in the palace were helping him try on his robes.
"It's a little too small here." An embroiderer apologized, "I will correct it when I get back."
"Take a look." King Qin looked down at his waist, stretched out his hand and pulled it, "It doesn't matter."
"Your Highness..."
It was rumored outside that King Qin's favorite word was "make do", and the two embroiderers, who thought they had made a big mistake, couldn't help but be ecstatic.
"It's just for half a day, there's no need to be so elaborate."
The two embroiderers happily left, and Nian Xu came in.
"The guilty minister has met His Highness!"
"The Southern Zhou Dynasty is gone, and you have come to Chang'an. Don't say anything about not being jealous. You can live in Chang'an with peace of mind, and do whatever you want. If you say anything about being afraid... Do you know that Gu is counting on Bei at this moment? There is a rebellion over there in Liao, the more people involved, the better!"
It is said that the roads and water conservancy in Northern Xinjiang are the best in the world, all thanks to the prisoners of Northern Liao Dynasty. If someone rebels in the hometown of Southern Zhou Dynasty, thinking about King Qin's urine, he will probably be very happy, and then look for a place on the map where he can build roads... Nian Xu His forehead was wet with sweat, "The guilty minister dare not."
"That's it, let's go!"
King Qin waved his hand.
"The sinner resigns."
The King of Qin watched him go out and asked, "Zhang's house was confiscated. What did those people in Guanzhong say?"
Qin Ze said: "Jin Yiwei didn't find anything."
"Not saying a word? That's weird."
King Qin put aside the matter.
Time passed, two days later.
"I will ascend the throne tomorrow."
Yi Niang told the maids around King Qin with a straight face, "Today you are waiting for a break, eat well, sleep well, and be energetic. If anyone makes a mistake tomorrow, double the punishment!"
"yes!"
Princess Qin and her two children also warned the people below.
Only King Qin went to metaphysics alone.
Metaphysics was still placed in the Imperial College, and even the teaching in the Imperial College was taken over.
"You will ascend the throne tomorrow!"
Even if she is as free and uninhibited as Ning Yayun, after seeing Queen Qin, her head is still full of black lines.
"Just to show off."
King Qin walked with him in the Imperial Academy, looking at the familiar scenery, and asked: "Tomorrow I will ascend the throne, and I will be the master!"
"This is not like your temperament." Lao Shuaiguo looked at him suspiciously, "If you have something to do, please let me go and get it right. Since you don't take this ascension of the throne seriously, why did you make a special trip to urge me?"
"Tomorrow I will be enthroned on the tower at the end of Zhuque Street. There are so many people there!"
"So you are afraid of death?"
"I just want to be more lively." King Qin's face is indeed not as thick as usual, "There will be many people from outside the country tomorrow. Without you here, Gu's heart will have no bottom!"
