Tang Dynasty good man

Chapter [-]: Flying to Hengduan

It seems that he has really been promoted, accompanied by a fortune, a big cart of brocade, big boxes, big battles, even the Lord Shangguan is more majestic than usual, standing under the archway in front of the gate like a javelin in a crimson official uniform , With all the guards of honor, the 16-member guard team reined in in front of the gate of the palace, waiting for the Wang family to open the middle door to greet them.

Taking advantage of the time when the butler greeted the servants to open the door, I obscenely crawled through the crack of the door and looked a little scared. Ying leaned over me and looked a little nervous, leaning towards me from time to time.

"Could it be that they ransacked the house?" Normally, Lord Shangguan brought a few friends to come to the door to deliver the decree, except when the decree was read out, the host and guest would have a big meal after putting on a majesty.Today is different, the awe-inspiring murderous aura can be felt inside the door, adding to the chill in the autumn evening.

"Don't talk nonsense, get out of the way." Ying pulled me away, and let the steward Qian who opened the door and cleared the steps with a serious face, "When the middle door opens, my husband will stop at the threshold. Don't make noise when you get out of the steps." It's a joke."

"How do you know?" My heart was beating wildly. It would be even more ridiculous if I was shot into a hedgehog by random arrows when I stood on the threshold.

"Just do what I say," Ying stepped back down the steps impatiently, and she had already taken a posture to meet the angel, before she warned in a low voice, "It's different from the past, I can't get away," she told the maid behind her a few words. In the blink of an eye, the second daughter also ran over, measured her steps and stood behind Ying in a regular manner, winking at me a few times secretly.

The big lantern was hung all the way through the hall, illuminating the vestibule of the palace like daytime.After the preparations were completed, the handymen on both sides immediately took their positions amid the yelling of the housekeeper, turned the latch, and the vermilion gate slowly opened amid harsh friction sounds, and six guards with big arms and round waists stepped forward to unload the [-]-jin heavy threshold. A servant girl took advantage of the gap to clean up the old dust that had accumulated around the threshold.

Very cumbersome, after the preparations are over.If all the handymen in the big courtyard disappeared, except for two rows of brightly lit big lanterns, there would only be a family of three and Steward Qian standing stooped behind the porch.With luck, he turned around and smiled openly at the two ladies, made a victory gesture to embolden himself, pushed open the half-covered middle door, and stood on it after identifying the traces of the threshold, disregarding Ying's prior instructions.Stretched out a foot secretly, and proudly saluted the Shangguan in front of the gate.

Before I could say anything, Lord Shangguan nodded coldly at me, and suddenly he put his palms on the casket, strode up the steps, and the moment he stepped into the threshold, he changed his hands to one hand above his head, and his stern eyes swept over me. With a glance, he beckoned me to follow.Then strode forward all the way, killing the vestibule.

He gave the two wives a wink, signaling them to follow, and followed Mr. Shangguan forward.I only felt the wind blowing behind me, and I turned my head to peek. The 16-member guard of honor went straight into the palace, lined up in twos from the gate, and trotted all the way to follow the imperial decree until Shangguanyi stopped.Queuing is complete.

Standing facing south and backing north, he pointed out the direction for the three of us, cleared his throat, and sang the decree.

Do you have to kneel?Feeling restless, Ying tugged at the corner of my clothes, it seemed that I had to kneel once, the key is that I am not very good at kneeling, and I started to learn the posture of a filial son when I do trivial things.This time, Lord Shangguan changed his style. He rapped and sang, and he didn’t understand the first half of the sentence. Anyway, he felt that he had finished singing. He just wanted to kowtow after imitating the appearance on TV. He poked his heel a few times, and reined in the precipice.Finally, there was no violent act.

fine.Mr. Shangguan knew that I was more disheveled, so he came forward to help me complete a whole set of cumbersome etiquette after it was over.It is not a kowtow to thank you, according to the astrology of the official position, there is a set of etiquette. Before taking over, you must first swear to the sun and the moon, and then you will take the oath to the current head of state.This is more in line with the moral norms of the time. Kneeling to accept the imperial decree is not kneeling to the emperor, but a part of etiquette to swear to the heavenly alliance. To live up to the heavens means that you must first have your own conscience against the earth, and you can only take office if you are right with your own conscience. Get the trust of the head of state.That's right, knowing that I'm kneeling is the sky, I don't have too many thoughts, and I don't suffer.

If you learn the way of receiving orders on TV, and kowtow three times to the emperor after receiving the order, it is considered disrespectful. First, you despise your own conscience, and the three heads lose the royal dignity. The imperial power is advertised as being ordered by heaven. You directly bowing to the emperor is an act of overstepping, which shows that you are not dignified and not responsible, and it implies that the emperor has lost his conscience.

Although the emperor has not yet reached the state of utter consciencelessness, I feel that he is very close, at least to the point of being unscrupulous.General Huaihua Zhonglang, it sounds okay. He is a military officer with no real power at the fourth rank. If I want to accept it as a reward, I will accept it honestly. According to Yingdi's explanation, this official position is just a premise, to the effect that he is one of the representatives of the military. In charge of the tripartite peace talks between Tubo and Tuyuhun, he is a special military counselor.

This is not right, in terms of qualifications and positions, it is a bit unreasonable for me, a yellow-haired guy who was twenty years old, to go out and talk about peace. Is it a bit too conspicuous among a bunch of old guys and stinky foreign friends?

"Prepare the horse!" All the angels went out, and I rushed to Lanling's Zhuangzi on the back. Seeing that my momentum was soaring today, the porter was a little puzzled, not knowing what my orders were. "Report to Princess Lanling, Huaihua Zhonglang General Zuo Wuwei Marching Commander Shi begs to see you!"

"Ah..." The concierges are all acquainted, especially the bastards like the royal family, who know that you have a friendly face when visiting relatives and friends. Once you report for an official position, you will immediately roll your eyes. No matter how big an official is, you can't talk about this place.After a while of contempt, he suddenly said with a stern face: "The eldest princess has a life. After dinner, the court officials will not welcome you. Please Zhonglang turn you back."

Oh, there is still such a big rule, "Then report to the junior superintendent of agriculture to see." Resisting the urge to spit on the dog's face, he gave in to his status.

"It turned out to be the young supervisor, and he was promoted again?" The concierge overwhelmed the fourth-rank senior officer, and showed me a smug look on his face, "The villain still wants to report, you can go in."

Wait, get rid of your master!He glared viciously at the overbearing guy, and rushed straight to Lanling's bedroom angrily.

"There's no end to pretending to be dead," Lan Ling pulled him up from the soft couch, "Do you know? I'm a dignified general now, be careful, if I go up to two poles, I'm going to go out and rob with the sword above!"

"You blame me again," Lan Lingqu felt aggrieved on the couch, "When it comes time to decide on candidates. The military is headed by Yinggong Li Ji, and he recommends you. Did I clamor to obstruct it?"

"Then you knew it in advance?"

"Didn't I tell you that someone recommended you to be an official, and you said that if you let the street cut it off, others will fall, but Mr. Li still can't cut it down." Lan Ling lowered his body and moved inward, sending a soft couch side. "False title, it's just that you thought you had a small official position in the past, so you randomly added one who can participate in the peace negotiation. I don't expect you to rush to the front and plan later. Of course, there will be rewards. If you are not satisfied, Li Yifu will stand in front of you. No one will do anything to you, and you will get paid for nothing."

"Then why did you give me a fourth grade? Is it okay to give two more grades? Such a good thing. Despite the greetings from Shaobao and Taibao, I don't think it's too big." With a contemptuous glance, he strangled Lanling's neck a few times, "Don't It's either that Li Yifu is playing tricks on the ground or that old man Du Feng is playing tricks on Mr. Li." Mr. Li's viscount rank is too high.Only those who belong to non-staff personnel, supervision and inspection roles, will not pay attention to the combination of members of the negotiation team.

"You guessed wrong this time. Make sure that Mr. Li recommends you. Li Yi's mansion is not yet so capable of being an important person to the emperor. Du Feng may have played a role. It can be said that the military and the Ministry of War reached an agreement. Let me say you I understand, I can't blame anyone else." Lan Ling pressed me on the couch, and said in a tired voice, "Come here so late, plan to stay overnight?"

It seems that no matter whether it is the front line or the peace talks at the back, the military is unwilling to hand over the great achievements to others.Feeling unwilling.Therefore, the military tried their best to place the best in their minds in the negotiating team. Firstly, it would serve as a restraint, and secondly, even if the peace talks were successful, the great achievements would not be left behind. In this way... "The military wants to make trouble inside? "

"I'm just trying to make trouble," Lan Ling leaned over to give me a comfortable massage, very beautiful. "Since we have obtained the food road leading to Jiannan, there is no reason to give up. Even if we can't fight, we don't want to end up like this. Especially now that we have a favorable wind. There are a lot of military achievements, let alone generals. Just ordinary soldiers Didn't even bother to stop."

"Give me a suggestion." Looking up at Lanling, "Whose side should I take?" Standing on the military side may disrupt the development of the Tubo situation that was planned with Lanling at that time, but it is biased that Li Yifu will be attacked by people including Cheng. It's a bit difficult for the old man to spit on stars in the mainland.

"I thought you fell ill at that time, and then you couldn't take the official position." Lan Ling crawled beside me and looked over with a smile, and asked: "I always see that you are well ill, why didn't you lose your wit today? Then Suddenly fainted while delivering the decree, not to mention the one delivering the decree, even the Holy Majesty can’t let a sick person go on an errand.”

"Oh, this..." Lan Ling blushed a little when she asked this question, but she was embarrassed to say that she was frightened at the time, not to mention pretending to be sick, even her thinking ability was temporarily suspended, and she did whatever she was asked to do, like a puppet.Shamelessly said: "I want to be an official, what can you do to me?"

"I'm afraid I don't understand the decree, so I fell into it at a loss." Lan Ling pressed his chin on my shoulder and giggled, "I want to be an official, but I don't want to get a job, and I don't understand the imperial decree, it's shameful .Your mother-in-law didn't say to remind you in front of her."

"That's right." Scratching my head, I thought of the second girl scratching my heel from behind. I don't know if it reminded me to faint or reminded me that there was something wrong with the way I received the order. I had to go back and ask. "What do you think I'm sick now? Serious illness, the kind that doesn't move and doesn't talk."

"It's late, now I'm sick and I've offended the emperor." Lan Ling poked my finger bitterly, "One day you pretend to be a smart person, but now you speak stupid things. You can talk about what you want. You respect Mr. Li's assignment in it, and he If you really want to go too far, you can persuade, if you can’t persuade, then do it, no one will blame you for the crime. Talk to Li Yifu more, talk about it, and point out what is difficult to say, don’t let it be resentful afterwards.” Just reach out and rub Rubbing my face, "Don't bother about this matter, this talk will definitely not go smoothly, let me give you a message, although the Holy Majesty is interested in maintaining the inconsistency between the Tubo king and the prime minister, he doesn't expect much to be achieved through the peace talks .I won’t care too much about success or failure.”

"Then I'm still shameless?" Lan Ling's words reminded me that since Li Zhi reported his intention to try, it doesn't matter if the result is good or not.

"It's the Holy Majesty himself who doesn't care about it, but it's hard to make everyone not care about it. Be careful, Li Yifu is going all out this time, and avoid his edge when necessary." While speaking, Lan Ling pulled across the bed Wrapped in a thin blanket, she said softly, "I will always pay attention to the situation. I won't leave you alone, so don't worry."

"Oh, don't worry." With Lan Ling's words, I feel relieved and feel good. "What should I do when I come down? It doesn't matter if I leave late at night."

"Well," Lan Ling snorted softly, and slipped into my arms, "everything is the same as usual, and this back and forth negotiation won't be over in a year. Just as usual, they will naturally talk about it if something happens. Come to send a message. Visit Yinggong first when you have time." He arched his body, "As for the evening, you are not in a hurry, and I am even less in a hurry..."

Compared to Lanling and I who were more leisurely, Li Yifu was a little impatient, and ran to my house early the next day to wait, not knowing what plans he had in mind.Anyway, when I came in, he had already killed a watermelon by himself, and was admiring some calligraphy and paintings of celebrities in the living room with his hands behind his back.

They are all acquaintances, so there is no need to be too polite, Lao Li bowed his hands to several broken flower pots as a reminder, since he is a member of the negotiating team.I still have to express my respect to Team Leader Li before I can get to the point with peace of mind.He hadn't received the highest instruction from Mr. Li, so he kept humming and haha ​​all the way, but he didn't express his own opinion, just in line with Li Yifu's topic.Li Yifu didn't care.The purpose of his coming is to let me know his layout, to exchange the understanding of the bottom line of the three parties in the negotiation, so that I can have a bottom line in my heart.

"Oh? Discuss separately?" According to Li Yifu's intention, since the king of Tubo and the prime minister have sent envoys here, they should negotiate one by one, so as to lower the price in two ways, find out the plans of the monarch and ministers of Tubo, and see if there is any place that can be used. .This is a little different from my thinking.Since the monarch and ministers are fighting among themselves, in order to show their influence at home and abroad, the two envoy groups will try to show their strength to each other, which is not conducive to the negotiation process. "What if it's only one side?"

"It depends on which one of them will make me more satisfied." Li Yifu smiled lightly, "You don't have to worry too much, as for the bottom line of the Tubo season, the prime minister just wants to keep the meager results in Tuyuhun. The conditions are much more relaxed; King Fan is more inclined to evacuate from Tuyuhun, and he is much tougher on the issue of compensation. Although this is not in line with Tuyuhun's appetite, the terms of Tubo Daxiang are more in line with our dynasty's interests."

"Where is Tuyuhun? Master Li must have made plans for this, right?"

"Tuyuhun is not easy to dismiss. The battle ahead is going smoothly, and it seems that they are unwilling to let it go. In this regard, they will take the recovery of lost ground as the bottom line. You must know that the mountain and plateau operations have many restrictions on our soldiers, but it is difficult to stop Tuyuhun. If we continue to fight back in this way, we will not be able to reach our military strength, and we may not be able to reach an agreement."

Oh, I see, I want me to send a message to the military, telling everyone to stop, calm down, stop fighting, or stop the strategic assistance to Tuyuhun first, because Tuyuhun's combat power alone has not counterattacked As far as the strength in Tubo is concerned, moderate setbacks will make this ally obediently sit at the negotiating table.

"This...isn't right?" Li Yifu's thinking is very pragmatic, and it really fits the current situation, and he has already reached the plateau. Tang Jun can use the excuse that he is not used to fighting on the plateau, and let Tuyuhun do it alone. It is inevitable that he will suffer several defeats. of.But before I figure out what the military means, I have to send this back, "Tuyuhun is a vassal state of my dynasty, if I do this, I'm afraid it will chill the hearts of allies..."

"Oh," Li Yifu waved his hands indifferently and smiled, "I was imagining it in the next moment, and I blurted it out if I didn't think about it. You don't have to worry about it. It doesn't suit the situation, it doesn't make sense, and the sudden abruptness made you laugh. I'm ashamed, ashamed." I feel ashamed, but I still look at me with a smile, without a hint of shame.

"Master Li is too modest, I will think about this carefully, haha." He cupped his hands knowingly, and said with a smile: "The geography of the plateau may be unfavorable to our army. It is not a decision. This alone is not offensive. It must be a An ally, Tuyuhun can also understand our army's difficulties."

This opens the door to talk. Li Yifu is here for this, and I agree to spread the word. As for whether the success is out of control, he needs to personally find the military leader to coordinate. Abandon it for the time being, and let your own people speak first, and this should not affect the negotiation process and effect.

In this way, I figured it out. Mr. Li felt that the internal differences were too big in advance, and the military brought in me, a panacea, to lubricate the internal conflicts through me.And Li Yifu first brought up this matter today, it seems that it is imminent.

Now that I have taken this position, put away my petty eyes first, and respect the interests of the country, not to mention my conscience, even if I do it for outsiders, I have to show it as a conscientious person.It's not too late to send Li Yi's mansion away. It's reasonable to send someone to ask for a leave of absence from the agricultural school. I just asked for a few more days by the way. I happened to go over to talk to Mr. Li. Of course, I had to get a good night's sleep before I could devote myself to work. I was a little tired yesterday ...