(It’s so confusing and I don’t update it regularly.)
The capital of the Sui Dynasty, Chang'an.
At this time, the New Year is approaching, but in Chang'an City on Longshouyuan, pedestrians are coming and going in the streets in a hurry, all with sad faces. Shops and shopping malls have been closed early. There is a desolate and desolate atmosphere in the spacious and clean streets.
, the flavor of the New Year is so bland that I can no longer detect it.
There is no way, the war is getting closer and closer to the capital city of Chang'an. In the past year or so, Chang'an City has experienced a period of rapid population growth, and all of them are people who fled into Chang'an to avoid the coming war.
According to the previous statement, they are actually refugees.
However, to this day, the imperial government does not care so much. The refugees are always much better than bandits and rebels.
By the end of the twelfth year of Daye, Chang'an had closed the city to itself and no longer received foreign visitors.
There is no other way, as long as we don't want hundreds of thousands of people in this city to starve to death, we can only do this.
For this reason, the governor of Guanzhong, the minister of the Ministry of punishment, the internal history of Jingzhao, and the general Wei Xuan of the Zhu state were said to have cried several times. Of course, they were not crying out of fear, but because they felt that they could not eradicate the riots and appease the people.
I failed the emperor's trust, so I cried.
Of course, whether he cries or not, Wei Xuan is already over seventy years old. With his past reputation, deep official qualifications, and extensive contacts, he can still barely suppress the Kansai clans and prevent others from being killed in Chang'an City.
Proclaimed emperor.
This was already very difficult, and he couldn't care about anything else.
In the twelfth year of the great cause, this veteran took the opportunity to submit his resignation to Emperor Yang Guang. It was obvious that he was beyond his capabilities.
But at that time, the emperor only wanted to go to Jiangdu as soon as possible. How could he let his loyal ministers go home who could still serve him?
The capital here is Fan Zigai, and Chang'an is Wei Xuan.
The two of them were both in their seventies and eighties, one in the east and the other in the west, using their old bodies to barely support Da Sui's cold body. In fact, their bodies exuded the same smell of death as Da Sui.
In any case, there is no doubt about Wei Xuan's talent. In the first Liaodong War, his army was the only one to finish the battle. Although he was the rear army, the journey back and forth was long and he could completely defeat tens of thousands of troops.
Taking it back is not easy.
Nowadays, all the garrison troops in Chang'an City are friendly to Wei Xuan. This is Wei Xuan's most powerful weapon to intimidate the various clans. Of course, the clans in Guanxi have suffered heavy losses in recent years, which is also one of the reasons.
Well, one thing I have to mention is that regardless of anything else, Emperor Yang Guang finally managed to achieve a goal, using more than ten years to continuously weaken the strength of the Kansai clans.
The big bosses from all over the world were also tortured a lot.
From this point of view, it is very beneficial for latecomers to re-establish order on the ruins.
In short, the current Chang'an City and Luoyang City in the east are a pair of brothers in need, standing there alone. The glory of the past is long gone, just waiting to be destroyed in the flames of war, or to usher in the day of rebirth.
In such a season, if there are still people who have the thought, what year will it really be like seeing a ghost?
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The prince Qianniu prepared himself at Chai Shao's mansion.
On this day, Chai Shao hurried back to the mansion after getting off duty. After entering the mansion, he immediately ordered people, "Go, look for Mr. Yu and the others to wait for me in the study at the back house."
Then he thought about it and asked again, "Where's Madam?"
The answer I got was, "Madam has returned to the Duke of Tang's Mansion. She left early yesterday morning. She said she was from the Duke of Tang's Mansion...which lady invited me..."
Chai Shao gritted his teeth, waved away his servants, and went back to the inner chamber to change clothes.
Not long after, Chai Shao changed into casual clothes and walked into the study.
The study room in Chai's Mansion is more spacious than the front hall of Li Po's house, and the furnishings are naturally of the highest quality. It smells like books, but it does not break away from the nature of a martial artist, showing that the owner is a versatile person in both civil and military affairs.
Genus.
Behind the study, next to it, is a collection of books collected by Chai Shao over the years. Since Emperor Yang Guangda of the Sui Dynasty built a study room, and then Niu Hong, the Minister of Civil Affairs, built a collection in the mansion, the literary style of Chang'an has flourished.
Regardless of whether you have a hobby of reading at home, if you don’t have a library at home with a few rare ancient books, you will be embarrassed to go out and meet people.
At this time, there were five people waiting in the study. When Chai Shao came in, they all stood up to greet him.
Chai Shao returned the gift with his hand and went straight to the main seat to sit down.
After pondering for a long time, he said: "Several gentlemen are invited to come. It's... I am on duty in the palace. I heard that someone reported that Duke Tang was recruiting fugitives in Taiyuan and making friends with bandits. He had ulterior motives and supported his troops to take care of his own affairs.
I can't help but feel worried...the road ahead is vast and I don't know where I'm going, so I asked a few gentlemen to help me figure it out."
The few assistants were suddenly startled, and the room immediately became quiet.
This is no small matter. Chai Shao is the son-in-law of Tang Guogong Li Yuan. Once the crime is proven, he will be implicated.
Although the world is in such chaos now, this is Chang'an, the heartland of the Sui Dynasty, and there is no room for rebellious ministers and traitors to live freely.
After a long while, a person on the left asked quietly: "Chai Lang, do you know who is starting?"
Chai Shao smiled bitterly and shook his head slightly, "The news has spread to Yingyang Wei Mansion. Who reported it? What else does it matter?"
The room became quiet again, and after a while, someone said again: "Your Highness, is there something strange?"
Chai Shao shook his head again and said patiently: "Now the king is only thinking about how to ascend the throne and become the emperor. Some time ago, he asked me that I wanted to recruit Tang Gong back to the capital, but now in the capital... there is no one who can speak on behalf of the king.
room?"
Mr. Yu, who was on the left, spoke again: "Chai Lang, don't disturb me. Don't mess up your position. Otherwise, it will be difficult to deal with it if you leave others to blame. For the current plan, there are three countermeasures... Come and explore first."
Regarding the movements in the Wei Mansion, you must know that the military and political affairs in Chang'an are all out of the Wei Gong Mansion. If there is any slight movement there, it will not be too late for us to make plans."
"Moreover, Chai Lang can make friendly contacts and ask a stable person to go and speak kindly to Duke Tang in front of Duke Wei. Alas, let's just forget about the personnel."
"Thirdly, there is no need to worry too much when Chai Lang arrives. Now that Chang'an has issued a decree, he has not left the capital for a long time. As long as he leaves the capital, the sky will be high and the sea will be vast. Besides, Wei Gong is old and frail, but he can still hold on.
when?"
Chai Shao was in a slightly relaxed mood. You must know that when he heard the news, he was upset. He was sometimes scared, sometimes excited, sometimes worried, and sometimes lucky.
He really didn't know what his father-in-law was like and what his ambitions were. What he feared most was that the Duke of Tang was loyal to the Sui Dynasty, but was framed by villains behind him. That situation was the worst.
It is also the most unjust.
What was lucky was that Tang Guogong was leading troops outside, and he felt that even if someone made false accusations, no one would act rashly.
Anyway, when he returned to the mansion, his mind was foggy and his thinking was not very clear.
After Mr. Yu's analysis, he gradually felt at ease.
At this time, he nodded and smiled, "Sir, what you said is that I was a little over-concerned."
At this time, the youngest among the four people poured cold water on him.
"Mr. Lang, it's better to be careful. I've heard some rumors recently. Some people say that Li Jing, the prime minister of Mayi County, went to Beijing for a crime. He hid in the mansion and drank with someone. He said that Tang Gong had great ambitions and he was unwilling to follow them.
So I didn't know whether it was true or not when I was forced to resign, so I didn't tell Mr. Lang."
"But... there must be a reason for the rumor to come out of nowhere. It's better for you to make plans in advance."
Before he finished speaking, someone immediately echoed: "That's right, Duke Wei...it's terrible. Xuangan was in chaos, and Duke Wei led his troops to fight to the death with him. When he was surrounded, he still cursed Xuangan for his rebellious ministers and traitors,
He vowed not to surrender. After the Xuangan Rebellion, many people in the capital were implicated, and they all became ghosts under the sword of Duke Wei... But now the courtiers fear him like a ghost... Tang Gong leads troops abroad, and many people are taboo."
"Once Wei Gong listens to the slanderous words, it will be difficult for Tang Gong's descendants and those who remain in the capital to be safe."
Everyone was silent when he said this, and Chai Shao felt even more chilled in his heart. What he said was really not an exaggeration at all.
People like Wei Wensheng are the most feared. Once they become fierce, they are three times more ruthless than the emperor.
In fact, the result of the discussion was that it was better to stay and prepare to escape, and then wait and see what happens. Of course, they also had to write a letter to Tang Guogong Li Yuan to inform him of the changes in the capital, so that Tang Guogong Li Yuan would also be prepared.
After several assistant counselors resigned, Chai Shao felt restless, so he simply ordered his servants to prepare their horses, and then left the mansion and went to the Duke of Tang's mansion.
There was no way, this wife was married unfairly, and as soon as they got married, a lot of estrangements arose.
But after all, the Chai family stepped on the Li family's ship and were tied to the Tang Dynasty Duke Li Yuan. It can be said that they were both prosperous and devastated.
At this time when he was upset, he needed to see his wife. No matter whether the third wife of the Li family was as smart and graceful as she said, she was still the legitimate daughter of Duke Tang. Meeting her, no matter what, would always make him feel at ease, wouldn't it?
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At this time, in the back house of Duke Tang's mansion, Li Xiuning did not get together with the female relatives in the mansion. Instead, she ran into her father's study and ordered the maid to bring pens and ink.
After brewing my literary thoughts for a long time, I started to write and draw.
When Chai Shao was brought over, Li Xiuning in the study was throwing down her pen in annoyance. She, who was always fond of cleanliness, didn't care about the ink stains on the table. She punched the table twice in annoyance and put down the words she had just written.
The paper was crumpled into a ball and thrown to the ground.
He kept mumbling, "We even said we were friends, but we haven't even heard from each other. If I make a friend like you, I'm blind..."
Apparently, Li's daughter, who has lacked male friends since she was a child, is thinking about her faraway friend who talks nonsense, is heartless, but is quite unique.
I wanted to write a letter to that person, but I felt that the words in the letter did not convey what I wanted and could not satisfy me. I had no choice but to write to anyone since I was a child, especially a grown man named Hongyan.