Chapter 25 Chapter 25 Zhang Jiazhen Scolds Zhang at the Banquet Banquet

He didn't dare to stare at Zhang Shuo and swear, so he could only stare at the dazzling array of food and swear, "Pigs and dogs are not as good as dogs!" Except for a few people on the left and right who could hear clearly, the others were chatting enthusiastically, which was hard to hear.Seeing that no one was paying attention to him, Zhang Jiazhen cursed loudly: "Harming people all day long, look at his face!" "I've never seen such a vicious person, sooner or later a dog will bite off his leg!" Yuan Qianyao and Wang Yu, who were seated together, became more and more angry when they heard Zhang Jiazhen's scolding, and were shocked.

At this moment, the whole audience seemed to have heard his scolding, and Zhang Yue pretended not to look at Zhang Jiazhen.After persuasion for a long time, Zhang Jiazhen finally calmed down and began to munch on vegetables.A phenomenon needs to be explained here. In the court, Zhang Jiazhen's popularity is wider than that of Zhang Shuo.Because Zhang Jiazhen is not a big villain, he likes to support the younger ones, and many new Jinshi are single-handedly selected by him. In short, in this era, Zhang Jiazhen, who seems to be very bad, is actually that kind of shrewd and capable person, and no prime minister is a dry meal.

Zhang Jiazhen will definitely find an opportunity to talk to Zhang about a duel, this is a matter between men. The world is peaceful, the country is peaceful and the people are peaceful. In April of the thirteenth year of Kaiyuan (725 AD), Li Longji decided to go to Tai'an. The main purpose was nothing more than enshrining Zen and Mount Tai.He also asked Zhang Shuo and the scholars to write a draft of the etiquette of enshrining Zen. I don’t know which god Li Longji heard from. Li Sizhi became King Qing and changed his name to Li Tan; Li Sisheng, King of Shaanxi, became King Zhong and changed his name to Li Jun; King Li Sizhen of E became King Di and changed his name to Li Qia;

He also appointed Li Wei as King of Guang, Li Wei as King of Yi, Li Yun as King of Ying, Li Ze as King of Yong, Li Qing as King of Shou, Li Hui as King of Yan, Li Mu as King of Sheng, and Li Yi as King of Ji . Conclusion: This is a group of parallel imports! In the early morning, the morning bell of a group of monks wakes up all those who have work. The ministers gathered together, including Zhongshu, Menxia, ​​Liguan, and bachelors, and held a meeting in Jixian Hall.Li Longji seemed very happy. He decided that all scholars in the academy, those with official positions above the fifth rank will be directly promoted to bachelors, and those below the sixth rank will directly become direct bachelors (zhi bachelor, meaning "equivalent to a bachelor"). As the general affairs (dean), Comrade Xu Jian, the regular attendant of You Sanqi, is the vice president.With everyone cheering, Li Longji announced that the highest achievement of scholars in the country is that Zhang Shuo is a great scholar.

However, Zhang said he quit, saying that he was not worthy.Li Longji couldn't resist, so he could only remove the word "big".Zhang said that he looked relaxed, he was in his position, and he was looking for his own government. Afterwards, he suggested to Li Longji that the Turks are not peaceful now, they will not rob for the time being, but when we go to Fengchan, they will rob if they say so.In view of Zhang said that he had worked at the border for many years, Li Longji discussed with the prime minister and came up with a result, that is, to increase soldiers and horses in various channels and strengthen the defense, just in case.

At this time, a doctor stood up from the Ministry of War and refuted all the decisions of the prime ministers. He put forward his own opinion, "Feng Chan is to show his achievements to the sky. Now we want to seal the East, but we have to strengthen the defenses in various places. Rong Di will definitely be afraid. This is not a way to show Shengde." Zhang said, "Then what do you say?" "Among the four barbarians, the Turks are the strongest. Before, they repeatedly asked for peace and sent countless envoys, but His Majesty refused all of them. Today, they only need to send one envoy to enlist their rulers and important ministers to Mount Tai. They must I gladly obey my orders. If the Turks can come, all the other rulers of Rong and Di will follow. In this way, you can sit back and relax!"

Zhang said: "Wonderful! I really can't think of it!" In the minds of everyone, Pei Guangting's image has gradually grown, getting closer and closer to the lowest level of his father (Pei Xingjian). Pei Guangting's plan was successfully implemented, and Yuan Zhen, the envoy of Zhongshu Zhisheng, took a part-time job as Hongluqing and came to Turkic to make an edict.The leader sat in the tent with Quetele, Tun Yugu, and Yuan Zhen, and according to Pei Guangting's analysis, the Turkic leader would definitely have Xianglin's wife. As soon as the wine was poured, the expected thing happened.Xiaosha babbled, "Xi and Khitan were originally slaves of our Turks, and they could marry princesses. We Turks have proposed countless marriages before and after, and we are the only ones who are not allowed to give them to us. Ambassador, why do you think this is why?" Yuan Zhen didn't speak, because he felt that Xiao Sha would continue to chatter.

Xiaosha couldn't stop talking, "I also know that the princess married to Tubo in Shangguo is not the daughter of the emperor at all, and we all know that it doesn't care whether it's true or not!" The leader of Xiaosha complained dissatisfiedly, "We also It's either the unreasonable person, or the angry person, we failed to get the invitation repeatedly, and there are other places, but we couldn't apply, so it's shameful to tell it out (but it's shameful to see it in the ears)! " Yuan Zhen smiled, "The imperial court has difficulties with the imperial court. You said that the Turks are so big that it is not appropriate to arrange them well? Don't worry, Xiaosha, I will tell you for you when I get back!" The Turkic leaders were overjoyed, and Comrade Xiaosha was very happy to take the bait , and also sent the minister Ashde Jielifa (this is a personal name) to pay tribute and follow the east tour.As soon as the Turks arrived, all nations (actually, there were only a hundred or so countries) came to court, and the ceremony of enshrining Zen was about to begin.

The prefectures and counties are not peaceful, and some officials reported that there are a lot of auspicious signs in the prefectures and counties. Li Longji immediately called an emergency meeting and scolded, ""Chunqiu" writes history, and it does not record any auspicious signs at all, but only records the situation truthfully. Dare to use such a bad method to create momentum with me, and punish it as a crime of flattery!" In October of the thirteenth year of Kaiyuan (AD 725), Chang'an City was very lively, like an ant's nest, but colorful, like spring flowers.

Li Longji started their itinerary, which first went to Luoyang, the eastern capital.Hundreds of officials and noble relatives are also listed.According to records, the team was procrastinating, the dragon's head had already left the city, and the tail was still preparing in the house. When the dragon's head walked halfway, the dragon's tail was still dangling in the city.When it’s time to eat, there are tens of miles of wilderness filled with people and animals, accompanied by chariots and horses covered with colorful clothes, which makes people dazzled. Later, someone reported that Comrade Li Longji traveled thousands of miles to Mount Tai, and the tail of his troops was still hundreds of miles away. On November 7th, hundreds of thousands of people surrounded the west side of Taicheng. Longji was joking when a strong wind suddenly blew up.The strong wind blew from noon to night, and the tents and structures stretching for hundreds of miles were blown down.Zhang said standing on a high place and yelling: "Everyone, don't panic, don't mess up, I know what this is!" Everyone pretended to be calm.Zhang said he also pretended to be calm, "This is at the foot of Mount Tai, and the wind is blowing so strongly, it's because the God of the Sea has come to greet the holy driver!"

I have to say that Zhang Shuo is very good at fooling around.The frustrated and discouraged team burst into applause. Seeing that the Dragon King was so enthusiastic, everyone began to look up at Mount Tai. In the long ancient night, all the mountains are the same as Mount Tai, looking dark from a distance. So, while looking up at Mount Tai, everyone walked to the southern foot of Mount Tai.When we arrived, it was the noon of the next day, the sky was bright and clear, and there were no clouds in the sky.Everyone admired Zhang very much, and it really was the Dragon King who took over, warm and thoughtful.Li Longji was also very happy and determined to fast that night.God made a joke with Li Longji again. That night, there was a strong wind again. The cold wind in the winter could freeze people to death.Mr. Li Longji, standing outside sucking the wind and drinking the dew until midnight, prayed to God: "If I am guilty, please God punish me alone; if I am not blessed to go up the mountain with my followers, please punish me. Follow the soldiers and horses I really can't stand the cold wind in such a cold day, please God stop blowing!" God is very face-saving, not long after saying this, the wind stopped. This is too amazing, so everyone became excited again and began to argue about how to sacrifice. Li Longji and Zhang Shuo believed that there must be three sacrifices, two at the foot of the mountain and one at the Yuhuangding.He Zhizhang, a scholar of ceremonies, jumped out to express his opposition. He believed that the emperor was above, and he was God; the emperor of the five directions, who followed the sky, could only be the subordinate of God and his ministers.He Zhizhang analyzed that we came here in such a mobilizing manner that we couldn't even tell who was the boss. Wouldn't it be a joke?Although they are all emperors, there are still differences after all. "The emperor goes up the mountain to worship the emperor's sky; the ministers go down the mountain to worship the five directions!" Everyone was convinced. That night, there were nearly 10,000 steps from the foot of the mountain to the top of the mountain, and there was a guard sentry every other section. The lights were bright, and a fire path was formed from the bottom of the mountain to the eighteen plates.The people at the foot of the mountain are singing, and because of the silence, there is no sound in the valley, the lingering sound is endless, and there are Sanskrit sounds to the ears, and the chime flute and the zither. He Zhizhang is a well-educated alcoholic, but he knows that he can't drink tonight, and he has to climb to the summit with the emperor and a few ceremony officials and scholars. Li Longji: "Why didn't you show the jade ultimatum of the previous generation (equivalent to a note for making a wish)?" He Zhizhang: "It's a secret, I ask the gods to bless me, so I don't want others to see it." Li Longji: "Pray for the common people in the world?" He Zhizhang: "There is no need to keep it secret!" At the top of the mountain, Li Longji took out a jade ultimatum to announce to the officials.Later, someone engraved the inscription on the top of the mountain. This inscription is still there today. On the second day, Houtu was sacrificed, a large tent was set up, and the pilgrimage was accepted, and the God of Mount Tai was named King of Tianqi, ranking first among the Sangongs.But in fact, the status of Taishan God is not as good as that of Comrade Zhang Shuo.Prime Minister Zhang said that he was commended for his active work, but he was blessed to share, because he brought officials from the two provinces and their cronies to Fengchan in advance. After the worship was over and the rewards were given, Li Longji asked Zhang Shuo to be in charge of this work, and this guy took advantage of the opportunity to promote his own people beyond the standard, regardless of whether they were good or bad. As for the others, you should do whatever you want, don't expect Zhang Shuo to find you.They could only watch helplessly as Mr. Zhang swiped his pen, and his cronies and cronies of cronies were rewarded with countless rewards.Seeing that the situation was not good, Zhang Jiuling, a member of Zhongshushe, wrote to Zhang Shuo to persuade him, but Zhang said he ignored it and continued to work hard.However, he still believed in what Zhang Jiuling said. When it came time to actually reward those ministers and soldiers who had worked so hard, Zhang said that he had done a good job. The soldiers who stood up were all recorded as "meritorious meritorious service", but they did not give any rewards.) Zhang Shuo planted the seeds of evil for himself, and many people began to curse Zhang Shuo. The only difference from the others is Wang Maozhong, the imperial servant. He was Li Longji's trusted bodyguard and was responsible for managing the horses. When Li Longji first came to the throne, there were only 240,000 horses, but now the number has grown to 430,000.On the road to the east, the tens of thousands of herding horses were divided into several groups by Wang Maozhong, and each group was of the same color. Seen from a distance, it looked like a cloud of brocade fluttering.Everyone has seen this scene, so after conferring the God of Mount Tai, Li Longji made a special note of Wang Maozhong, who was worshiped as the third division of Kaifu Yitong.The car left Mount Tai and arrived in Songzhou. Li Longji hosted a banquet upstairs for the officials. He specially invited the governor of Songzhou, Kou Mi. After drinking for three rounds, Li Longji looked at him and said, "In the past, I sent envoys to inspect the various places many times to see what is good and evil in various places. Today, because of the Eastern Seal, I can travel to various states, so I know that the envoys have something to hide from me. Wang Qiu, the governor of Huaizhou, did not contribute anything except feeding us; Cui Mian, the governor of Weizhou, only presented a few rough brocades; Tell me, 'The people are being disturbed, why should we declare to God that we have achieved results.' I have written this into a note and put it on the right side of the seat. These three virtuous ministers will not waste the people in exchange for grace, What a good official!" After finishing speaking, Li Longji turned his head to Songzhou Inspector Kou Si.