Chapter 11 Determined to be the first official
In the third year of Xianqing (658 AD), the first day of the twelfth lunar month, the third hour of the lunar calendar.
Wu Kang held his cheek with his hands, sat behind the desk, looking at the documents in front of him, and felt that he was indulged in love. When he was offering prisoners in Taimiao, he was cheated by Li Jiu and illegally detained by Mei Niang. It was the sixth day. Every day, there was wine and meat, and someone chatted with him, but he had no freedom, and all the doors and windows were locked.
What's even more helpless is that since she came here, she has never appeared and left me behind. I don't know what I thought about, how to deal with me, give me some good words, don't swear. I was inexplicably irritated and felt that I was too spoiled, and I was so arrogant.
The door knocked gently, paper was stuffed into the crack of the door, and greeted Chu Shenke: Boss, are you okay, the queen asked me to visit and send you information to relieve your fatigue. All your instructions have been done, and the brothers' spiritual positions have been carved.
Looking at the door ling for a long time, he couldn't help but sigh, walked to the door, and said lightly. He returned to the Grand Master's chair, crossed his legs, put the information on the desk, and said sarcastically: "The couple who lost the streets, Naiweng is in a bad mood, hurry up and get out of here."
About half a minute later, another voice came: Don’t worry about your family. Madam and Naoba are very good, knowing that you are safe and sound. Madam knew that you were injured and seemed very angry. She entrusted the queen yesterday to deal with you well.
Damn it, Wu Kang was furious and picked up the fluorite paperweight. He hesitated for a moment and put it down again. He thought for a while and said, "Go and tell your wife that all the jewelry in the house will be exchanged for gold and silver. Instruct Qian Shun and Pinglang to all the brothers and let them go home."
After a short period of silence, Chu Shenke sighed: At about the day before yesterday, as the queen ordered, one hundred and eight pearls were handed over to Pinglang and Qian Shun. Yesterday, four o'clock, Pinglang and his brothers set off to Wuzhou. They visited the families who fell into trouble, took all their wives and children, and moved them to the capital, and the queen settled them.
Wu Kang was stunned for a long time and smiled bitterly. Don’t look at her fierceness, she treats me really well. She sighed silently and whispered softly: “Go back, thank her on my behalf, and prepare to carve a knife by the way. I will give my brothers a name.”
Chu Shenke responded to his promise, and his steady and powerful steps disappeared outside the yard. Wu Kang was stunned for a long time, picked up the desk materials and read them word by word. Mei Niang was very considerate, knew what I wanted, and arranged for my brothers quietly. She also knew my interests and wrote the records of this year's events, including the demotion of Li Yifu.
In June this year, Cheng Mingzhen and Xue Rengui led their troops to attack Goguryeo, captured Chifeng Town, and annihilated more than 400 enemies. Goguryeo's general Dou Fanglou led 30,000 cavalry infantry to fight against the Tang Dynasty Heavenly Army. Cheng Mingzhen led the Khitan soldiers and defeated Dou Fanglou again and annihilated 2,500 enemies.
Although it was a small victory, it was inspiring. It seemed that in the fifth year of Xianqing, the court launched a war to destroy the country. Wu Kang made up his mind and tried every means to please Mei Niang and join the war with Su Dingfang. The battle was imminent in Pyongyang City and destroyed Goguryeo was his long-cherished wish.
Li Yifu and Du Zhenglun were both demoted to Chang'an before Zhaoling offered prisoners. Li Yifu was demoted to the governor of Puzhou (Suining City, Sichuan Province), Du Zhenglun was demoted to the governor of Hengzhou (Nanning City, Guangxi Province), and Li Youyi was exiled to Fengzhou (Northwest of Hanoi City, Vietnam).
From the place where he was demoted, we can see that Li Jiu's hearts are close and close. Li Yifu, who was dying, seemed to have just been promoted to the Central Secretariat in March last year, the Censorate Censor, Prince Guest and Hejian County Duke. Li Jiu also built a house for him.
Unfortunately, the emperor's holy family encouraged his greed, and his wife, children and son-in-law sold official positions and titles. Wu Kang was very puzzled. His salary was enough for two lifetimes to eat, so why did he still have to embezzle? In the Tang Dynasty, where supplies were scarce, even if there were mountains of gold and silver, he could not buy a sports car or play with a female star.
Du Zhenglun was also unsure. He relied on his qualifications to be old, and he didn't like Old Li and made trouble again and again. Old Li Shengjun Zhenglong naturally would not miss him. The two of them had deep grudges. Old Du held grudges and colluded with the Secretariat of the Secretariat Li Youyi to plot to get rid of Li Yi's mansion.
Later, the matter was revealed, and both sides had their own opinions and fought verbally in front of Li Jiu. Li Jiu was preparing to offer prisoners to Zhaoling, but they were disgusted. Each of them beat 50 major boards and demoted them from the capital on the grounds of "disagreement between ministers". The most unlucky Li Youyi was exiled directly to Vietnam and went with Chu Suiliang.
After complaining, he put down the information, spread the white paper, and took the pen to ponder. After brewing for a long time, his pen was like a dragon and a snake, and he drew a distorted territory map. Just three days ago, the court divided the ten Western Turkic divisions, established the Kunling Protectorate and the Mengchi Protectorate, both of which belonged to the Anxi Protectorate.
The Five Dulu tribes, including Geluo and Shatu, established the Kunling Protectorate, and the capital was located in Tingzhou. They were appointed as the General of the Left Guard, and also served as the Kunling Protectorate, and were granted the title of Xingxi Khan. The area marked by Wukang was about the northern part of Xinjiang to the southeast of Balkash Lake.
The five crossbows lost the Bi tribe and set up the Mengchi Protectorate, with its capital in Suiye City. He was appointed as the General of the Right Guard, and also served as the Protector of Mengchi, and was the former Juek Khan. Due to the rise of the Great Food, the countries in the west, such as Tochar in the west, in order to ensure their own safety, they all surrendered to the Tang Dynasty.
Wukang marked the area, and its jurisdiction was from the Chu River in Central Asia to the west to the Aral Sea. This is probably the first time or only China has extended its territory to the Aral Sea. Throwing away the pen in his hand and looking at the Anxi Protectorate, it is hard to suppress its excitement. If you can do your best in this battle, you will have no regrets in this life.
A light cough sounded at the door, looking at the sound, the pen holder fell down, and his scalp became numb. When the door opened, Mei Niang was wearing men's clothing, standing alone outside the threshold. Her eyebrows were frowned slightly, and her eyebrows were mixed with sorrow, and she looked very bad.
She looked at the daisy little brother, sighed helplessly, and said lightly, "Follow me." Walking in the yard, Mei Niang stopped and her tone was quite helpless: "On the Jiachen day of the last month, the founding of Yitong Sansi, and the Duke of E Guo, Yuchi Jingde, passed away."
Wu Kang hesitated for a few breaths and quickly calculated in his mind that the first day of last month was Gengchen day, and the twenty-five day of Jiachen day was, and the day of Taimiao prisoners was the day. I searched my mind carefully and the door god Yuchi Jingde seemed to be seventy-three years old. He beat Li Daozong and was frightened to fade out of military affairs, which was considered a good end. Thinking of this, he whispered: "You are going to attend the funeral, so why are you here today?"
Mei Niang nodded, shook her head and said, "The Grand Historian sent someone to inform him that the new general star will fall when the new and old stars rise. When the old and new changes, evil spirits will be produced in heaven and earth. It is recommended to lock you up. The Grand Historian is a clever idea, and I believe his words, so I feel wronged Kang Lang."
As feudal superstition, the damn Li Chunfeng tricked Naiweng again. The two of them came outside the yard. Wu Kang lifted the curtain of the car and helped her step on the stool into the car. There were only two coachmen, and they did not serve maids, nor did they have transportation. After hesitating for a few seconds, he picked up the stool and jumped into the car, and sat on the curtain on the right.
Before he could speak, Mei Niang handed over the envelope and Wu Kang opened it and read it silently. Chu Suiliang's love letter was demoted to Aizhou, Vietnam, and wrote a letter of pleading to Li Jiu. He told his contributions, including assisting Emperor Gaozu and Taizong, and firmly supporting Li Jiu to take office.
After reading the article, he put it down and said tentatively: "Mei Niang is in a bad mood. Is it because the saint changed his mind and asked Chu Suiliang to come to Beijing? It is impossible. The saint is very talented and will not let his political enemy Lao Chu go to the capital because of a few nonsense."
Mei Niang scoffed, her face calmed down a little, and her words were still cold: "There will never be a chance. In mid-September this year, he died of illness and took office in Aizhou. I was in a bad mood, either because of you or because of him. Suddenly, I died of illness and was not killed by me. It was really a bargain."
Wu Kang was dumbfounded. He had to send someone to kill him to relieve his hatred? The most toxic woman's heart was. The cold wind in the car swished, Mei Niang suddenly shook her head and said to herself: "You can't take advantage of him. The saint has agreed to cut him off the throne of Duke of Henan County. His two masters have been exiled to Aizhou, so the time is coming."
Feeling the strong murderous aura, my scalp was numb again, and I had to worry for two minutes, and carefully advised: "He jumped out to act a monster and almost strangled the deposed king Liwu. You hate him to the core, I can understand. But Mei Niang, it's a bad thing to harm your family."
The sixth sense of warning was caught off guard, and his right ear was tightened, and he grinned in pain. Mei Niang's eyes were wide open, and she was so angry that she was unable to make a fuss: "He almost ruined my life. Do you still talk to him? Do you want to piss me to death? To be honest, I won't let them go, I'm going to kill them."
This is to eradicate the roots. Wu Kang was frightened and quickly covered her mouth. He lifted up the curtains of the car, and saw that there was no one around him, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief: "What nonsense is it, just think about it in your heart, don't yell. Are you afraid that others will not know? Ouch..."
He quickly let go of his hand. This royal sister was too cruel, and the deep tooth mark was very clear. Mei Niang snorted coldly and said with confidence: "If the words just now came from someone else's words, I would hold a grudge against him, or even kill him. But I don't hold a grudge against you, and I won't hurt you, I will only beat you up."
He was flattered, Wu Kang spread his hands and recalled the celebrity list. After a long silence, he made up his mind to repay his favor: "His two sons, one is Chu Yanfu and the other is Chu Yanchong. I send Qianshun to Aizhou, don't worry about it anymore, you feel the glory, I will bear the dirty sin."
Mei Niang was content with her, and gently picked up Wu Kang's backhand and stroked the teeth marks of her palms: "I knew that only Kang Lang would always be facing me. Don't feel wronged. I will give you high officials and generous salaries, and give you glory and wealth. Women in the world, except me, will give you as long as you like it."
With a generous benefit, Wu Kang laughed strangely: "There is nothing wrong, I just give up. I killed people at the age of seventeen, killed people on the battlefield at the age of eighteen, and killed 3,000 prisoners of war. To this day, I have been carrying thousands of lives and don't care about carrying a few more."
After a brief silence, Mei Niang said softly: "Don't go to the army with the army. With my current status, you can enjoy the success. The six men in the Wu family have already died, and three of them regard me as enemies. There is only one who is devoted to me and I don't want to lose you."
Wu Kang was also making me laugh and cry, and said half-truely: "I was in trouble in Wuzhou and accidentally saved Cui Wu and was favored by Xiaoqing. With her relationship, I became a military officer in Wuzhou, but was looked down upon by my colleagues. I said bad things about me behind my back and said that I rely on women to be an official, and I am just a person who makes a living."
Mei Niang scoffed: "Those people are jealous. Kang Lang's promotion from joining the military to the governor of Wuzhou was a real contribution. At that time, I was just Zhaoyi. If you have no merits, you can't become the governor of Wuzhou by just being recommended by Yi Xuangong."
Wu Kang did not comment and shook his head slightly and said, "Because you are the queen, I have to work harder and use my strength and credit to block the court officials' mouths. I want to rely on my strength to be a higher official, and I cannot rely on nepotism. You also know that I have read less books and have no other way out except to kill enemies on the battlefield."
Mei Niang glared again, and Wu Kang quickly said, "Don't worry, the last disaster that will die will be dead will lead to a desperate situation. The minions on the battlefield are not qualified enough to kill Wu Quxing. Li Chunfeng also said, "I can live to seventy, he is a half-immortal."
After moving out the golden signboard, Mei Niang's face calmed down and she pondered for a long time and said helplessly: "When you are seventy years old, I will be eighty-two, I guess I can go ahead of you. It's okay to continue on the battle, but I have to guarantee me that I will be the commander on the battlefield and not be a pawn."
This is a must, Wu Kang nodded repeatedly, commander was a dream. Suddenly he widened his eyes and looked disbelief: "We have five brothers, Yuan Qing and Yuan Shuang, Huai Liang and Huai Yun from Uncle's family. Huai Liang left early, and who happened to the remaining four?"
Mei Niang looked cold again, grabbed his collar, and scolded him viciously: "Remember it to me, don't call her brothers. They are not our brothers. In late October this year, Wu Yuanqing died of illness in Longzhou and died in office as the governor."
Wu Kang was confused again with gritted teeth. How much hatred is it. He was entangled for a long time and said embarrassedly: "You may be angry after hearing some words, but I still want to say that to consolidate the status of the harem, and your relatives are my parents' family and uncle's family."
Seeing that she was not angry, she continued to fool: "The Yang family of uncle Hongnong is also a Guanlong family. The queen in their hearts is the daughter of the Yang family, not the niece of the Wu family. The Yang family will not do their best, and it is even possible that they will join forces with Guanlong to frame you. The only ones who can really help are our Wu family, and the dirty things in the past are not worth praising."
After pondering for a few moments, I gave an example: "There were two brothers who had been strangers for thirty years because of trivial matters. Until one day, the eldest brother had a dispute with someone and the two sides fought. It happened that the second brother passed by and did not stand by, but abandoned his past grudges and went forward to help fight."
The carriage was silent and silent for a long time. Mei Niang let go of her collar, shook her head and sighed: "The blood and family affection are stronger than water, and my mother's family is better than my uncle's family. I understand this principle. But you don't know how they beat me, scolded and insulted me all day long, and finally drove them out of the house. I can tolerate them, but my grandmother couldn't tolerate them, so I let the governor go out."
As expected, it was still Yang's family. The old witch should be damned. She conspired to exclude the Wu family and forced Mei Niang to reuse the Yang family. After thinking about it carefully, she felt ridiculous. Longzhou is in Pingwu County, Sichuan. Longzhou in Chongzuo, Guangxi was set up by the Tang Dynasty eight years after Mei Niang's death.
Longzhou and Haozhou, in Sichuan and Anhui, were both third-rank governors. I tried my best to become the governor of Wuzhou, which was even further away from Chang'an. Mei Niang was also considered to be the end of her kindness and righteousness, not a real exile.
Seeing that Wu Kang understood, Mei Niang was in a good mood and even joked: "Kang Lang is also a family member of his mother. He is much better than them and is loyal. Why bother to leave the distance? Don't rely on them or the Yang family, you are enough."
The hat was a little big, Wu Kang smiled slightly, and said seriously: "Mei Niang is filial and much better than me. Don't worry, you are my sister and the mother-in-law. With these two relationships, let alone being the queen, even being the emperor, I will do my best..."
My mouth was blocked by my little hands, and Mei Niang changed color erectly. She lifted the curtains and looked around. She looked like a thief. Wu Kang felt ridiculous. I was not aimless. You will be the emperor. I was recognized by the official history, the only female emperor, I want to witness your ascension to the throne.
I will help you clear the obstacles, and whoever dares to oppose you will kill me. Let historians in later generations scold me in a long and long way: the number one slander of the Wu Tang Dynasty. My motto in life, since I cannot be remembered in history, will be infamous for thousands of years.
Mei Niang was very scared and twisted his cheeks with both hands to tear his mouth apart. Wu Kang was so painful that he quickly pressed her hands and found the right time to apologize: "I was wrong with my sister, so I shouldn't say what I mean. Although it's a big rebellious person, it's heartfelt words."
The cheeks were cut sharply, Mei Niang rolled her eyes and changed the topic: "Su Dingfang praised you for being extremely smart in front of the saint, and you can understand the strategy of war and strategy at a glance, and you can learn from it. Then tell me now, where are we going and what are we going to do?"
Conan was summoned to possession, and Wu Kang said: "You dressed as a man and wanted to meet someone. The carriage left Pingkangfang, headed west through Chongyi, Kaihuafang, and then headed south. According to the speed and time, you can calculate the distance and reach the near Mingde Gate. If what you expected is not bad, you should go to see him off and send the unlucky Li Yi Mansion."
The coachman stopped the carriage, and the guards conducted a routine inspection. Mei Niang let go of her hands and said bitterly: "Li Yifu was enlightened by you and promoted the deposed king and Wu to be our great benefactor. We must clearly distinguish between gratitude and gratitude, and we must repay those gratitude. He has a position in my heart, and his status is slightly inferior to you, so you must respect him."
The carriage continued to move forward and left Chang'an City. Wu Kang nodded in agreement. Mei Niang's grudges made Li Yi's official career prosper and favored by Li Jiu. But his grandson was greedy and eventually annoyed Li Jiu. Later, he was demoted forever and ended up in depression.
After he died of depression, Mei Niang thought of his kindness and posthumously awarded the title of Grand Governor of Yangzhou and granted the title of 300 households. His youngest son Li Zhan was promoted to General Zuo Yulin, and in charge of the imperial guards of the Northern Yaya. Li Zhan was also a ungrateful wolf, and Zhang Jianzhi and four others launched the Shenlong Revolution.
After lifting the curtain to look around, Mei Niang began to arrange: "After sending Li Yi Mansion, let's go back to your house, Xiaoqing will soon become a husband-watching stone. Your baby daughter wants her father every day, and I'm about to have a headache. Because of this, she was angry with Xian'er, and Xian'er also blamed me."
It was a good thing for Wu Kang to suffer. Mei Niang continued: "Tomorrow, go to the Ministry of Personnel to perform his duties, go to the left and right offices to become a preparation for Qianniu. Before that, we will go to the Hundred Beasts Garden to cheer for the tiger head and bite the stupid lion to death."
The Lion and Tiger Fight in Hundred Beasts Garden seemed very interesting, and Wu Kang was inexplicably excited. However, he quickly looked bitter and said helplessly: "Don't hold too much hope. The tiger's head is a South China tiger, and its weight is too small. I guess it won't kill the African lion. If it is a Siberian tiger or a Bengal tiger, it will definitely kill it."
Mei Niang didn't care and smiled naughtyly: "It doesn't matter if you win or lose, I just took this opportunity to see my three princes. Especially Li Xian, who is so crazy and very likeable. There is also Li Xian, who has never seen you, but she misses my uncle every day."
Wu Kang was even more disappointed and forced himself to speak: "When Li Hong was a child, he was very afraid of me and was scared to me twice. I guess in his heart, he hated me, who was not close to him. Hey, Wu Meiniang, impulse is a devil, don't touch me."
Mei Niang hummed and stopped, stared at her eyes and said, "What nonsense? Li Hong is very good-natured, has a very good temper, and is filial and smart. Among the three children, I like Li Hong the most. Don't worry, he heard that you killed enemies on the battlefield and wrote poems and praises. I'll read it to you..."
After hearing this, I couldn't understand that Li Hong was only six years old and could write poetry. Is he even more awesome than Luo Binwang? The carriage stopped slowly, and the driver outside the curtain reported that he had arrived at Shili Pavilion. Wu Kang lifted the curtain and looked around. Two carriages were stopped by the roadside, and Li Yi's mansion looked forward to it.
When Lao Li saw Mei Niang, he trotted up and bowed to the end, crying: "Du Zhenglun is wronged, I am wronged, please let the queen decide."
This is also an old actor. Wu Kang sneered at it. It would be useless to shout for justice at this time. He jumped out of the carriage to support Mei Niang, clasped his fists to Li Yifu, and said with a kind look: "Mr. Li must not be sad. The climax and low trough will change, and create a better life. It is a blessing to have a loss of horses. You will be back soon."
Lao Li couldn't listen, and Lao looked at Mei Niang with tears in her eyes, and his waving tail and begging for mercy made Wu Kang even more despised. Mei Niang sighed lightly and said lightly: "What Kang Lang said is what I want to say. You will come back soon..."
Chapter completed!