Font
Large
Medium
Small
Night
Prev Index    Favorite Next

Chapter 415: Rise and Fall, Old People

Four years of Changxing.

Six years have passed since the last mutiny. Since the new emperor ascended the throne, the people have finally had a few good days and the years are also prosperous. In the next two years, the harvest in the fields is better, and there are no natural disasters and man-made disasters. After autumn, watching the fields rise and fall in the wind, it is a real joy.

Luoyang.

Near November, the weather was still hot. The convoy slowly passing through the official road stopped next to the side of the road. The curtains were pulled open. The old man in a robe looked out. The golden figure was full of yellow, and the farmers who harvested the farmer in the fields made him feel refreshed.

"It would be great if such a scenario occurs every year."

"Then Your Majesty wants to live for another hundred years, and you can see it every year." Shi Jingtang in the car was in his forties, and he was the only one in the Tang court who dared to speak like this.

In his words, Li Siyuan, who put down the curtain, waved his hand weakly. When the carriage started to drive slowly, he smiled and shook his head: "How could anyone live a hundred years old? Six years ago, you took a letter to seek reinforcements. Did you see my teacher? Didn't you see me? I guess he left early."

"I didn't see you." When Shi Jingtang came back, he told Li Siyuan that he was looking for it at the address on the letter. He was an ordinary farmer. He saw a young man in his twenties who claimed to be Geng Xin and Geng Qing's eighth son. He politely asked him to leave the letter, and he would not have any extra words to tell him.

"The people of King Yong were really rare in the world. If King Yong had the intention to be emperor, I'm afraid the world would look different again."

Li Siyuan sighed with emotion. After becoming the emperor, he finally understood why the teacher was unwilling to be the emperor. He was reluctant to do things, and the soldiers and generals in Xiazhou were arrogant and arrogant. And the civil and military officials in the court had to be involved in family affairs.

His eldest son Li Congjing was killed in Luoyang six years ago and carefully trained his second son Li Congrong, but before he died, a group of ministers began to nag in his ears, asking him to quickly make Li Congrong the crown prince, just say it once, and say it again and again, which made him a little annoyed and had annoyed with the ministers in court.

"Your Highnesses repeatedly invite the crown prince to be appointed. It seems that they want me to return to Hedong to retire soon?!"

Just this sentence caused a estrangement between the king and minister, father and son, which made Li Siyuan feel bored for so many days, so he brought Shi Jingtang to walk around outside Luoyang.

The old man didn't think about it anymore. He waved his sleeves and drove away his worries. He turned his words and said something else with a smile: "I have read the memorials you came up with. I don't enjoy the glory of the Central Plains. I will go to be the commander of the border army. Do you look down on my deputy envoy of the imperial guards?"

hehe.

Shi Jingtang also laughed, "I have been fighting with Your Majesty since I was a child. I am used to being wild. I was under the command of King Yong for ten years, but I was so suffocated. Now I have been in Luoyang in the past few years. I have been so depressed. Before I woke up early in the morning, I had to wear clothes and tie it in the morning court. I am suffering. The emperor's second son said that the border was not peaceful, so I simply asked me to report it and let those Hu people take a good look at how good the veterans and veterans of Your Majesty were in the past!"

"I have been told this several times calmly. Khitan, Tuyuhun, and Turkic attacked the border every year, and not many people came. They ran away after they fought Caogu. The soldiers and generals there were incompetent."

Li Siyuan looked at the old friend in front of him and was quite reluctant to leave, but he was employed everywhere. Shi Jingtang was still in his prime, so he was not as good as himself. He trapped him in Luoyang, and he was indeed useless.

"Okay...you go and take care of it over there."

Both of them are brothers and father-in-law and son-in-law. Li Siyuan trusts him and sometimes he is bigger than his own son. He feels at ease when he lets him go to the north.

"I have some disagreement with me recently. I heard from the people below that my son was so dissatisfied. Forget it... I won't bother you too. Pack your bags and go to the north."

In the carriage, Li Siyuan talked and discussed the matter of going to the north with a joke. The carriage also slowly drove back to Luoyang. On November 4, Shi Jingtang was appointed as the Minister of State, Taiyuan Yin, Beijing Left Behind, Hedong Jiedu, and the general manager of the Fan Han horse and infantry in Datong, Zhenwu, Zhangguo, Weisai and other places.

He also gave the title of "Heroic officials of the Ning Kingdom with loyalty", and brought his confidant Liu Zhiyuan and others to the north.

However, half a month after he left, Li Siyuan fainted from a stroke while reviewing the memorial at Xingsheng Palace. Shocking news came out and the palace was in chaos.

The second son of the emperor, Li Congrong, came to visit him quickly, but looked at his father with a blank expressionless face and fell asleep. After being silent for a long time, he turned around and walked out of the hall.

The night is long, the second half of the night.

The old man woke up in a daze in the curtain, his bloated body could no longer move. He just opened his eyes and said vague words. The eunuch beside him only heard clearly when he approached.

"...I...I miss the teacher...I miss the King Yong...and Shi Jingtang...send someone to find him...and find him..."

"Yes." The eunuch responded softly.

Then, a fast horse carried the emperor's order and crossed the Yellow River overnight. He changed horses along the way and continued to run wildly. On the afternoon of the fifth day, he saw the team heading north near Hedong. However, Shi Jingtang was not among them, but led the cavalry to Yanmen first. Guo Wei, the cavalry commander, was the largest, and answered the letter.

I thought it was just a errand to deliver a letter, but I didn't want to care about it. I was about to send the order to ride to Yanmen when suddenly a gentle female voice called him in a carriage that was accompanying him.

"Husband, although it is just a letter, it is impossible to do this. After doing this, you have favors on both sides of your Majesty and Shi Jiedushi."

The woman in the car was Guo Wei's wife. It was a coincidence that he followed Shi Jingtang to Luoyang. After breaking the city, he patrolled the Yellow River and saw the woman. The two got married because of a heavy rain. Later, they found out that this woman was Chai, one of Li Cunxu's concubines.

Women have always been wise. Guo Wei thought about it and nodded in agreement. He immediately called a messenger and asked him to continue to go to Yanmen to find the stone governor, and he took several riders to search first. This saved a lot of time.

The discussion has been decided, so the messenger naturally hopes that he will not want to do it, otherwise it will take a lot of time to go around. If His Majesty can't wait... he, a small person, cannot afford to take responsibility.

The messenger bowed his hand and immediately ran out on a horse. On this side, Guo Wei instructed the team to continue moving forward, and he called a few confidants to the northeast of the Hedong. When he left, he also brought his twelve-year-old adopted son Guo Rong with him. This little guy was cautious and honest, so he should make his knowledge.

"Encyclopedia, where are we going?" Guo Rong was not familiar with the horse, so he sat in Guo Wei's arms, raised his face and asked in a low voice.

Guo Wei laughed and said, "Let you see the world!" He then whipped his whip, ran forward with a horse, and followed several riders behind him and ran wildly.

The wind thrust on his face, and Guo Wei looked ahead and felt a little worried.

King Yong... I just don’t know if I am still alive or not.

.........

East of Daizhou.

Snowflakes floated in the sky. After a night, the towering mountains were covered with snow-white colors. The Xiaoqing Town at the foot of the mountain was as lively as the market was bustling. The blacksmith shops were squatting on the street with swords and swords in their arms and lakes squatting on the street watching the snow scene. The people coming and going were rushing to the end of the New Year and choosing New Year goods with their relatives.

The figures who came riding horses quickly dismounted at the entrance of the town, walked into the street, found a restaurant, and asked where Linghu Gorge was. There was no sound in the store. The drinkers and the men all looked over.
Chapter completed!
Prev Index    Favorite Next