Chapter 33 Chapter Thirty-Third

As far as this point is concerned, if you don't kill people, you won't stop. Li Linfu asked Yang Hui and others to produce many false witnesses. After being instigated by a group of people, Li Longji was afraid that the three children would rise up to resist, so he hastily ordered death (at the post station).Should it be painful?However, what is chilling is that Li Longji is still very satisfied with his decision.Because the whole process of what he did showed the emperor's benevolence. Prince Li Ying's uncle's Zhao family, his concubine's Xue family, and Li Yao's uncle's Huangfu family were implicated one after another, and dozens of people were demoted.But Webster of Li Yao's family, because of his virtuousness, Li Longji magnanimously forgave her sins.He imagined a sound of praise, but it was actually a sound of curse.It is generally believed that Li Longji's brain was indeed kicked by Li Linfu, the donkey, and he was kicked to the ground first, unable to recover.

The princes Li Yao and Li Ju, generous and benevolent, erudite and talented, dedicated to learning, died without guilt, it is a strange injustice through the ages! What's even more amazing is that Li Linfu was praised. How did he do that? Li Longji praised him for his ability to do things because of the group of people in Dali Temple. One day, Dali Temple Minister Xu Qiao wrote an essay, which said: Dali Prison was so murderous that birds never dared to nest here.But now, the Ministry of Punishment has sentenced fifty-eight people to death every year, and the black magpies are all covered in prison!This shows that Dali Prison has already gained popularity, and there is no more murderous intent.This is all the merit of His Majesty, I want to shout long live!

After reading the article, Li Longji felt very excited. At this time, he happened to meet Li Linfu leading all the officials to come to congratulate him.After flattering for a while, Li Longji's excitement reached its peak.But he was soberly aware that he should not accept this congratulatory form at all.Think about it, as an emperor, is it a little embarrassing to suffer this gong?Li Longji knew this truth, so he pushed Shengshi's great achievements, and put them all on the heads of Li Linfu and Niu Xianke. In today's words, Li Linfu successfully stole the fruits of revolution from Yao Chong, Song Jing, Zhang Shuo, Zhang Jiuling, and Pei Yaoqing.

The imperial edict, Li Linfu made the most contribution in Zhongshu, and he was named the Duke of Jin! The Minister of the Ministry of Industry and the third rank of Niu Xianke of the same sect under Zhongshu are second in merit, and he is also named the Duke of Bin! This is definitely the most difficult year for Li Longji. At the end of this year, two major events happened: first, Kaifu Yitong Sansi, Guangping Gong Song Jing died at the age of 75; second, Concubine Wu Hui Empress Zhenshun passed away and was only thirty-eight years old when she died. Should Li Linfu laugh or cry? Li Linfu smiled firmly.The people in front are all cannon fodder, even if they can't destroy the bridge, they are all mixed up for this purpose, who is more favored than him?Shouwang Li Mao's situation was the worst. Since the death of Concubine Wu Hui, he no longer had any weight that Li Longji valued.Compared with Li Hao, the king of longevity, Li Yu, the king of loyalty, was older and more mature, benevolent, filial and humble, and very eager to learn.After some weighing, Li Longji still couldn't make up his mind.He was determined to talk to someone close to him, and discussed it with Li Linfu. In the end, he decided to listen to Gao Lishi's opinion again, because Gao Lishi was as loyal and intelligent as Li Linfu.

Li Longji: "You are my old servant, don't you know what I think?" (You, my old servant, can't you guess what I think?) Gao Lishi: "Isn't it because the Lord is unable to settle down?" Li Longji: "Yes." (Of course.) Gao Lishi: "Your Majesty, why do you need to work so hard? As long as you choose an older child to stand, who dares to say anything?" Li Longji: "...you are right! You are right!" (You say so! You say so.) Li Linfu cried. In June of the twenty-sixth year of Kaiyuan (AD 738), one year after the death of the original prince Li Ying, Li Longji finally selected the new prince as the loyal king Li Yu.Li Linfu has been depressed about this for many days. Although it is not a problem for him to kill any prince, but maybe the current emperor will die when he can't get up. If the next emperor has the ability, wouldn't he be very happy? Difficult?

It seems that you still have to centralize power, otherwise no one can be relied on. Soon, Li Linfu became happy because Zhang Jiuling died. After all, Li Longji worked hard to cure him. Even if he is greedy for pleasure now, he will personally take care of things.He personally experienced farmers farming, and personally selected talents.He doesn't go to work in every detail, and he doesn't know how to select talents for the next job, but he still issued an order to seek talents, requiring all officials to recommend talents, otherwise he will not be treated by Li Longji. See. When officials recommend Xianliang, Li Longji will ask in the first sentence: "Is the temperament comparable to Jiuling?"

Officials usually say this: "Although the temperament is not as good as Jiu Ling, but in terms of XX, I am afraid it is even worse." If someone says: "The temperament is not far from Jiu Ling, but XX is far better than him." Li Longji was very happy and asked that person to meet him quickly. When he met, he saw that the recommended person was not the kind of person who was full of poetic and literary spirit, let alone someone who was born with extraordinary temperament. Li Longji was very disappointed. It was this kind of hard work that made it possible that in the years of Kaiyuan's heyday, the Tang Dynasty had a strong military force and won every battle. The people lived and worked in peace and contentment.

Yao Chong, Song Jing, Zhang Shuo, Zhang Jiuling... and many others, together created the most glorious Kaiyuan period in the Tang Dynasty. What is Kaiyuan Prosperity? "Tongdian" records—— In the thirteenth year of Zhi (Kaiyuan), Taishan was granted, rice buckets reached thirteen wen (bad money was rampant at that time), and two hundred and ten wen per piece of silk (100 yuan per piece of silk).From Song Dynasty (today's Shangqiu South, Henan Province) and Bian (today's Kaifeng, Henan Province) in the east to Qizhou (today's Fengxiang, Shaanxi Province) in the west, there are shops and restaurants on Jialu to entertain guests, and there are plenty of wine and food (all shops and restaurants, rich in wine, meat and food) .Every store has a donkey for passengers to ride, and it travels tens of miles, which is called a post donkey (every shop has a donkey for customers to ride, and it can run dozens of miles in a short time, it is called a "post donkey").There are shops in Jingxiang (now Jiangling and Xiangfan, Hubei) in the south, Taiyuan and Fanyang (now Beijing) in the north, Shuchuan (now Chengdu, Sichuan) and Liangfu (Liangzhou, now Wuwei, Gansu) in the west. For business travel, thousands of miles away, without an inch of blade (all are shops, business and travel, no need to bring self-defense equipment for thousands of miles, the society is very stable and safe).

During the heyday of the Tang Dynasty, countries from all over the world came to court one after another, and the style of the Tang people spread far and wide in West Asia and the East.Talented scholars and beauties also ran to Chang'an full of hope to pursue their dreams.Business groups, overseas students, tourists, and immigrants from various countries have traveled thousands of miles in deserts and thousands of miles of oceans, and they must also witness the elegance of the Tang Dynasty.The entire eastern hemisphere is immersed in the Tang style, and foreign scholars are proud of being able to speak Chinese and recite poetry (although it is a bit out of shape).

This is the romantic Tang Dynasty dreamed by countless people, and this is destined to be an extraordinary era! Abe Jingming said: "This butterfly was brought by Monk Kukai from Chang'an, China, so I dare not throw it away." If anyone knows a Japanese friend, you can point him to the four words "Abe Jingming" and ask if you know them. .The style of the Tang Dynasty is especially strong in Dongying. One day in the 22nd year of Kaiyuan (734 AD), Li Longji cried.The death of the Japanese student named Jing Zhencheng made the emperor of Tang Dynasty feel sad for a while.Like Jing Zhencheng, thousands of Japanese students studying abroad traveled across the ocean, overcame dangers and obstacles, and arrived in Chang'an.

In the second year of Japanese ghosts, that is, in the fourth year of Tang Kaiyuan (716 AD), Japan sent the ninth batch of Tang students. This time there were more than 500 students. The sights of Chang'an and Luoyang shocked everyone who had been fascinated by these two largest and most prosperous cities in the world.The Chang'an in the dream is still unable to compare with the capital of the Tang Dynasty in reality. What a magnificent scene it is!Among the students who were in shock, one of them seemed quite calm, but his heart must be fiery. He was just nineteen years old. In Japan, his father was a fifth-rank official, so he was able to get on the big ship that sent Tang. Most people did not have this opportunity.The current Datang can't achieve his goal by fighting his father. In such a place, he has to rely on his own struggle for everything. For example, the more than 500 people got off the ship and studied for a period of time (different people, some for several years, some for a short time), and then they had to take the imperial examination.Before the exam, the main bibliographies that Japanese students need to study include classics such as "Book of Rites", "Zhou Li" and "Zuo Zhuan". After the exam is over, the company will make different arrangements according to your marking results and actual ability.He is not bad, he studies hard, and he is smart. He can fully master what others learn for three months in only one month.So during the imperial examination, many people were really shocked by this guy.A few years later, in the Jinshi examination, many Japanese students with extremely hardworking spirit won in one fell swoop, overwhelming the crowd. He was no exception, and even easily defeated many scholars of the Tang Dynasty who were lighting lamps and cooking oil day and night.At that time, the imperial examination was not as strict as it was a few hundred years later, and only the form of stereotyped essays was allowed. During the Kaiyuan period, literary talent, poetry, and policy theory were highly valued.Therefore, your subjective opinion and the books you have read have become crucial factors. It is called "policy theory", which existed in the Tang and Song Dynasties, and it was not until the end of the Qing Dynasty when it was bullied that this content of the exam was restored. However, his name "Abe Nakamaro" is not on the examinee's file. Why? Because he used the Chinese name, "Chao Heng". Abe Nakamaro, also known as the courtier Zhongman, and the pronunciation of "Chao" and "Chao" are similar, so he took the Chinese surname "Chao" for himself. Jinshi Chao Heng, not afraid of hardships and dangers, moved the court with his spirit of studying hard across the ocean.Therefore, the imperial court promoted him to be the proofreader of Zuochunfang Economic Bureau.The work that Chao Heng is currently in charge of is mainly collecting and sorting out the bibliographies of the classics, history, zi and ji, and at the same time tutoring the prince's study. Because of his serious work, the supervisory censor Chu Guangxi once wrote a poem to praise him: "The beauty of the court is so beautiful, and the high-level Shichunfang!" The student of the censor portrayed a handsome and compelling Chao Heng from the side.Because many people praised him, Chao Heng was quickly promoted to Zuo Buque (cong Qipin), who was mainly responsible for offering sacrifices to Li Longji, admonishing Li Longji, and being Li Longji's retinue. In order to manage the horses and chariots. The official position is not big, but he can have the opportunity to have close contact with Li Longji.Appreciated by Li Longji, Chao Heng made steady progress all the way, first from Bu Que to Wei Wei Shaoqing, and now he has become secretary supervisor and Wei Weiqing.Obviously, the reason why Comrade Li Longji recognized Chao Heng in this way was because his temperament could compete with Zhang Jiuling. All stories begin with one meeting! Same time, same space. Around the 20th year of Kaiyuan, Zhang Jiuling, who was still a prime minister, went to the mountains to pay homage to a Taoist priest many times because of his hard work in politics and doubts. Prime Minister Zhang Jiuling and Daoist Sima Chengzhen, one Confucian and one Confucian, talked about the strategy of governing the country and chatted freely about the mystery.Sima Chengzhen has been sought after by fans recently, and some people have come to him from far away to seek the true meaning of life.Sima Chengzhen is also willing to discuss current affairs with some high-ranking people, point out the country, and at the same time teach young people to love all living beings. Although it is difficult to achieve, the dream must never be lost. Sima Chengzhen has many fans, Zhang Jiuling is one of them, however, his die-hard fans are half barbarians.He likes Taoism, and likes to wear a white robe and wander around with what he claims is a sword.Sima Chengzhen likes this young man very much, and the old Taoist appreciates the unrestrained remarks of the young man. He likes to lean on the bed, railing, bluestone and other things that can be drunk when he is drunk. Sing in general.The main meaning of the lyrics is: "When can I meet the current Mengchang, brother, I don't have to lean on the railing and sing with a sword?" This guy later became friends with Chao Heng. He didn't work hard, and even kidnapped Chao Heng to go to famous mountains and rivers with him to linger.Chao Heng likes him, and many literati like Chao Heng also like him.Almost everyone who knows him likes to drink with him, and they also know that he is bold and majestic, and has romantic talents that others cannot match.Unrestrained, romantic and talented, fighting against injustice, broad-minded, heroic, he has a very common name - Li Bai.