In the first year of Qianfeng (666 AD), the eighth month of autumn was 20th, at the sixth hour of the year.

The Cultivation House of Chang'an City is located in the northwest corner of the capital, where the Duke of Chu is the mansion. The mansion is not large in size. When Mei Niang was worshipping the queen, she gave it to him. Li Zhi was relatively stingy and did not invest in the repairs, so he was very shabby.

There is no rockery, spring water, no water pavilions, only a few pavilions. Especially the back garden, there is less than half an acre of land, only dog ​​tail grass. The small pavilion in the center of the flowerbed and the pebbled paths connecting the southeast, west and north.

Wu Kang was wearing plain clothes, holding hands with his two daughters, and was walking in the garden. When he came to the central pavilion, the father and daughter surrounded the stone table and played childish games. He first threw the copper coins, then covered them with his hands, guessing the front or the back.

If the daughter guessed correctly, Wu Kang would hold a dog's tail in his mouth. If the daughter guessed wrong, then pinch her nose or make a face. Although the game was boring, the father and daughter were having fun.

Wu Kang was very lucky. With less than a quarter of an hour, he was full of dogtail grass. The eldest daughter was still funny and woven the straw into earrings and hung it on his ears. Seeing this scene, Xiaoqing could only laugh and cry, saying that she had been used to it for a long time. She also came to the pavilion and placed a chessboard to help him escape from the sea of ​​suffering.

As the saying goes, illness comes like a mountain, illness goes like a thread to get rid of silk, taking poison is to kill. Since waking up, I have been lying in bed for several days until the morning before yesterday, and I can barely get out of bed. My body gradually recovers. If I want to recover as before, at least until the end of the year.

Li Chunfeng came every day to regulate his body and required acupuncture every time. He brought a lot of news, and was in a coma for more than two months and missed many major events. First, on the eighth day of the eighth month, the former Siyuan Taichangbo, the founding man of Julu County, Dou Dexuan, died at home at the age of 69.

He was posthumously awarded the title of Guanglu Dafu, posthumously awarded the governor of Youzhou, and was given the posthumous title of Gong. His official career followed the doctrine of the mean and had always been cautious. He did not seek merit, but wanted to be without mistakes, and he was mediocre and changed his mind when he was in a good manner.

Wu Kang even thought that he joined the grain troop, probably because he knew that his life would not last long. So he didn't have to be too old and dig out the corners of the court, wanting to leave a lot of wealth for his descendants. At this moment, he was ill in bed and could not go to worship, and felt a little lost.

On August 13th, the Grand Secretary Xian Liu Rengui reported on the progress of the case. Wu Huaiyun and Wu Weiliang poisoned the tribute and killed the wife of Wei. They poisoned the gifts and wanted to kill the Duke of Chu, but the purpose was not achieved. The facts of the case were clear, the evidence was indeed sufficient, and the suspect confessed.

Li Zhi almost instantly approved it and formulated a disposal plan, which announced the world on the same day. At noon on August 14th, the two culprits were beheaded and abandoned. The criminals' families and property were all confiscated, and they were given the surname Fu, and they were expelled from the Wu clan.

This is Mei Niang's work. She loves to play word games, which is very funny to say. At that time, Empress Wang was given the surname Shi and Concubine Xiao, and was given the surname Xiao. In the near future, if the Li family rebelled, she would be given the surname Shi.

The worm represents a python, the owl is an owl, the viper represents a poisonous snake, and the viper represents an evil dragon. In the minds of the ancients, they were all evil animals, not even a surname. Among the detective Di Renjie, the snake spirit organization came from this. It is estimated that only women would do such things, which were both stingy and boring.

Wu Yuanshuang was the most unlucky. She sat in her house behind closed doors. The disaster came from the sky and was also slapped. She was originally the governor of Haozhou and was directly exiled to Zhenzhou and Sanya City, Hainan Island. He was fifty years old this year and has never been in good health. He probably died in Zhenzhou. His only son Wu Chengsi would also go to Hainan, hoping to survive.

At this point, all the relatives of the Wu family, except Wu Kang, have become civilians. This is the most miserable relative in history, and Li Zhi has achieved his goal. It can also be said that as long as Li Zhi is alive, Mei Niang's family can only be ordinary people.

I feel very helpless. My brothers have all left, and I will become a lonely man, and my lips will be lost. At this moment, I am extremely sure that the damn Li Jiu will not give up. As long as the time is right, I will use tricks to harm me, the only seedling. Since there is no way to avoid it, let me continue to fight and let you go.

During the period when he was bedridden, there were actually quite a few people who came to visit the martial arts mansion. The old teacher Su Dingfang and his senior brother Pei Xingjian all sent their descendants. The old friend Xu Jingzong, British Duke Li Ji and others also sent supplements. There were also many subordinates and military officers with good relationships, about 70 or 80.

The emperor did not come to the door, which is understandable. He was a busy man. Mei Niang did not come either. He heard from the prince Li Hong that Xiao Lingyue was in the wind and cold, and she was taking care of the bed. Just yesterday morning, the ten-year-old King of Zhou Li Xian and four-year-old King of Yu Li Xulun came to visit his uncle.

What is more worrying is that the future eldest son-in-law, Prince Pei Li Xian, did not come. Nooba got angry and swore last night to ignore him for two months. Wu Kang didn't care. Li Xian was such a guy. Although he was smart and handsome, he had no filial piety in his heart, and he looked at family affection very lightly.

The sun is warm and gentle. In the pavilion of the flowerbed, the two daughters play chess. Naoba takes the red first, and the troops are pressing step by step, completely gaining the upper hand. Erya holds black in the back hand, and her defense is stretched, and her willow eyebrows are condensed into lumps.

Wu Kang wanted to give a suggestion, which caused three pairs of eyes to roll his eyes and closed his mouth awkwardly. He looked at Erya helplessly, with a grievance on his face, you are heartless. Dad is helping you, and it's not enough to be grateful, but he also brought a knife. Xiaoqing is still alive and ridiculed him naughtyly: "A true gentleman is watching chess and not talking, and he has no regrets in making a move."

Let me take a big girl down, I don’t bother to pay attention to you, so I will entertain myself. Put the copper coins in the palm of my hand and study them over and over again, and I can’t help but laugh. The newly issued by the imperial court, called Qianfeng Quanbao, was the first time that coins were minted with the year number since the founding of the Tang Dynasty.

It is also a round square hole with a diameter of two and a half centimeters, which is larger than Kaiyuan Tongbao. It is exactly the same size as the fifth set of RMB and Peony Flower One Yuan coins. On the front of the copper coin, in a clockwise direction, the four characters Qianfengquanbao are in regular script, but the character Bao is in official script, which created an ancient society and made a precedent for regular script to cast coins.

The back of the copper coin is the official script text, and the content and quantity are different. At least one character is, Tian or Ce; at most two characters, Tian Ce or Tianfu. The one in the hand is cast on the back and engraved Tianfu, and the number is the rarest.

Before his soul passed through the Tang Dynasty, he had the money from Tianfu on his back, which was worth 2,000 RMB. Wu Kang had a sudden idea and collected the Ten Guan Tianfu and found a place to bury it. By the 21st century, his descendants would dig it up and sell it for at least 20 million, and they would go directly to a well-off society.

The smile became more and more obscene. Xiaoqing rolled her eyes again and came over and whispered: "I heard Shunzi say before that the grain prices in the two cities in Beijing were rising sharply. As of yesterday evening, the old money was 70 yuan and the new money was 60 yuan. My husband is so amazing. When we stocked up grain, the price was only 6 cents."

At this moment, Wu Kang should be arrogant and rolled his eyes: "Brother has said that one is worth ten in new money, and it will definitely be inflationary. At that time, you were just swearing, and you only granted four thousand guan, which is really timid. If you take all your savings and wait until the new money is invalid, you will earn at least one hundred thousand guan."

The brave ones who were starving to death and the timid ones were Jin Yu's good words. They felt very painful and sighed: "If there were 100,000 yuan to give their daughter a dowry, they would be very proud. If Xu Jingzong was cheap, they would be crazy. They actually transported thousands of meters from Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and even stocked up two thousand minutes."

One clock is ten hu, and if converted into market kilograms, it will be about 1,200 kilograms. Those turtles are all crazy people and have more than 5,000 tons of grain. In fact, it is not too much, and there is no need to worry about selling it. Just Chang'an City has a population of one million.

The new money was issued in May, and it only lasted three months, and the impact was not large. Therefore, the sales area, with Chang'an as the core, radiating to Guannei Road. It reaches Longxi Lanzhou in the west, to Qizhou in Henan in the east, to Bohai Bay, covering Henan in the west.

According to Wukang's instructions, he only did large-scale wholesale and only connected with grain merchants. As of the night before yesterday, more than 5,000 tons of grain were left, only 2,000 tons of grain were left. At least six times the profit, copper coins were piled up like a mountain, and those who made money were all happy.

While I was ill in bed, many strangers visited me and were not familiar with me. I guess I had made money with me at this moment. Especially Xu Jingzong and Mr. Li Ji, the two of them visited each other. The eyes were green, and water was flowing out of their mouths, and they wanted to eat someone.

After saying a lot of nonsense, the two of them were greedy and wanted to organize the hoarding. Wu Kang directly refused and poured cold water on them, and the two of them stopped when they were better. Since the issuance of new money, the chaos has become increasingly serious, not just food, but all commodities have risen.

The court must have taken action. As for the remedial strategy, it is to abolish new money and restore old money at the same time. At that time, prices will inevitably fall back, be careful to fall into your hands. We are poaching, and if we get more and more, the saints will know.

After hearing this, the two of them were reluctant to give up. If the court pursued the matter and if Li Zhi did something bad, all his efforts would be vain. After all, we are too sensitive to the identity, and that person is a glass-hearted person.

Suddenly, he realized that the atmosphere was not right and quickly turned to check it out. Xiaoqing was about to cry, and her tone was full of loss: "We have no children, even if we have a mountain of gold and silver, who else can we inherit it? The family has all saved up, three thousand acres of permanent land, and dowry is enough."

He talked about the topic again, and his daughter stopped playing chess and pouted and felt depressed. Wu Kang couldn't help but feel embarrassed. He didn't open any pot and brought any pot. His son was a debt collector, and his daughter was a little cotton-padded jacket. Just as he was about to restore the atmosphere, someone outside the pavilion coughed, and Wu Meiniang came to the door.

The palace eunuch followed him, with a graceful and luxurious manner, holding a doll in his arms. The cute little Lingyue, one year and two months old, could speak simple words. She stretched out her two little hands and shouted at her uncle, as if she was asking for a hug.

Wu Kang smiled and greeted him with his wife and daughter, and first made the etiquette. His daughter was well-behaved and sensible, and called her aunt timidly, and her etiquette was very standard. Mei Niang was in a good mood and signaled that she didn't need to be polite, so she handed her daughter to her brother.

The little princess hugged her arms and kept changing her face, making the doll laugh first. Then she stretched out her old face, accepted two kisses, and gave two kisses. She looked shameless, Xiaoqing couldn't help but smile and twisted him quietly.

Mei Niang was amused: "Kang Lang didn't love her in vain. Except for the saint and me, he only asked his uncle to hug him. He just could speak this year, and except for the grandparents and mothers, he even called him uncle. Every time he cried, he would burst into tears and laugh as soon as he said he wanted his uncle."

Everyone entered the pavilion, the atmosphere was warm and harmonious, and they kept holding home. Xiaoqing was very thoughtful, so she found an excuse to leave with her daughter. All the followers dispersed, and the martial law garden was circulated, leaving two brothers and sisters, sitting side by side on the wooden bench.

Mei Niang stared at Wu Kang, sighed and scolded: "Look at how you look like the head of a family, you are obviously a slut. Look at your wife and Da Ya Er Ya, who are so spoiled by lawless. Didn't I say you, you are controlled by a woman, and aren't afraid of being laughed at?"

Wu Kang didn't care, and he didn't take her words and continued to tease Ling Yue. Anyway, my capital has long become a laughing stock, so I'm not afraid of this. If a man wants to show off his power, go outside to play. Being bullied outside and beating his wife when he returns home is a coward.

Mei Niang had no choice but to change the subject directly, her face became heavy: "There was a rumor in the market that the death of Helan was my evil move. The brother who blamed me for this kind of killing two birds with one stone and taking revenge on the harsh treatment back then. She also said that Kang was poisoned and almost died of death was also my plan."

The voice was crying and his emotions began to be excited: "How could they know that I fainted when I heard the bad news that day. When Helan was buried, he was in front of Sister Yuan's tomb. Minzhi burst into tears. His crying was wrong. Sister can be sure that he was also suspicious of me."

Wu Kang sat upright and put Ling Yue on his legs. He remembered that at noon the day before yesterday, Minzhi came to visit him. He was next to his sickbed and had a lot of talk. Shortly after Helan was buried, Li Zhi issued an edict asking him to change his surname to Wu. He became the descendant of the warrior and ascended the Duke of Zhou.

He was appointed at the same time, a bachelor of Zhaowenguan, and also served as Zuo Shiji, and was a prosecutor of the Taishishi of Lantai. His official position was indeed high, and no matter Zuo Shiji or Lantai, they were all from the third rank. But he was unhappy and asked two questions: his sister died of poisoning. Is it their murder? Ah Mother hangs herself outside the city, who is the murder? Wu Kang cannot answer, but can only teach me: No matter who the murderer is, it actually doesn't matter. Don't investigate. My uncle can guarantee that if you stick to yourself, you can have a safe life. If you want to investigate and touch a certain bottom line, no one can protect you.

Minzhi was stunned for a long time, and finally shed tears, shook his head and said goodbye. Wu Kang sighed. There was a devil in his heart, and it was very likely that he would turn black. Poor child, the murderer who killed your mother and the murderer who killed your sister could easily kill you.

Feeling warm on his legs, his soul instantly returned to his shell. This unlucky girl urinated on his uncle's leg again. The palace maid brought a diaper and carefully changed it to her legs. The girl's eyes were slightly red and her expression was extremely serious: "If my sister said that she had never poisoned her, would you believe it?"

Wu Kang nodded decisively, I can guarantee my life, but it is not yours. Looking at the history of ancient and modern times, whether the women in the harem have a stable status depends entirely on the support of the relatives of the outside world. Whether it is out of family affection or interests, the relatives of the outside world will protect you.

For example, Emperor Wu of Han wanted to kill Wei Zifu, but Wei Qing was alive, so he did not dare to take action. After thousands of years of feudal history, without the queen, he would attack the relatives. Mei Niang knew history well, how could she not understand the importance of the relatives?

So how could it be that he cut off his help because of his childhood grudges. Wu Kang shook his head and smiled with a humble smile: "Mrs. Han's death and Mrs. Wei's death are all caused by his own fault. Those rumors should be regarded as lazy donkeys farts, just don't care."

The smile gradually became cold and I promised: "I will always trust you, no matter when or whatever the situation. If you point to the deer and insist that it is a horse, then it is a horse. Whoever says it is not a horse, I will kill him and chop it up for horse manure. Hey, I'm serious, don't touch it."

Mei Niang stopped embarrassedly and began to sigh and sigh: "Besides my mother, you are Kang Lang. You are good to me with all your heart. Looking at the whole world, you are probably the only one. I will never let you down, no matter when or whatever the situation."

The words came over again, Wu Kang smiled and continued to tease Ling Yue. The facts were clear and clear. We, brothers and sisters, have long been dependent on each other for life and death. If you fall, I can't live, and so many political enemies will tear me apart.

If you help you, I have no choice. Let's go all the way to darkness. I gently shake my thighs, shake the little princess, and said seriously: "Actually there is no need to try to win over me, such as marriage. Ling Yue, the child, saved my life and hoped that she would be happy."

Mei Niang returned to normal, and did not respond to this, and continued to state the facts: "There was news three days ago that Li Yifu died of illness, and she felt a little uncomfortable. It was Yifu at the beginning. I accepted your tips and started to depose Wang Liwu. I also promised that as long as I can, he would be protected from wealth."

Lao Li still went, but as expected, Wu Kang was in a state of turmoil. After experiencing wealth and glory, how could he be willing to be poor, how could he eat simple food? His belief in living was to wait for the amnesty to return to the court and then reach the peak of his life.

Unfortunately, Li Zhi was the scapegoat in his heart and completely lost his value. If he was allowed to continue his throne, he would have to take the blame himself and he had to abandon it. The Taishan Fengshan Ceremony was the greatest event, and he could not return to the court, and he would have no chance in the future. He was narrow-minded and completely destroyed his beliefs, and he would definitely end up in depression.

Ling Yue yawned, her eyelids gradually drooped, and Wu Kang lowered his voice: "When the deposed Wang Liwu was deposed, he didn't want to help you, but to help him. So you two just got what you need, and there is no need to worry about it. If you feel guilty, if you have the chance in the future, please give him some of his descendants."

Mei Niang shook her head and said, "It's not that she feels guilty, but that she feels emotional. All the civil and military officials in the court will really help me, but there are very few. Apart from you and Jingzong, even Gongyu Yifu, Gongyu was also demoted. If there were no scholars in the court, my sister would not dare to imagine who could help me?"

Wu Kang sneered at the nose. It was the North Gate Scholar, and you didn't think it was enough. After pondering for a moment, he said lightly: "What you can rely on is not Xu Jingzong Li Jie, but the North Gate Scholars. Everyone has high firewood and fire, and just two prime ministers are not as good as countless think tanks. When I finish speaking, you will understand."

Maybe no one knows how terrible the energy of those people is. In the early Tang Dynasty, the aristocratic landlords controlled the central government and relied on their cuteness to hold high positions. A large number of common landlords could only serve as small officials, so they were naturally dissatisfied.

But their power is far better than aristocratic families, and is enough to control the government. As long as they unite them and give a political stage, they can be supported and thus lead them. In the final analysis, the birth of the Beimen Bachelor is an internal struggle.

Whether it is class struggle or internal conflicts, quantity is the key. If you want to be invincible, you can unite the majority and fight against the isolated minority. If you unite the common people and fight against the gentry landlords, you can be invincible.

The saint formed an inner court, trying to divide the power of the emperor, thereby strengthening the imperial power. But he would not have thought that due to physical reasons, he would eventually get you. So I said that sister, those Northern Gate scholars are the foundation of you. You must treat the wise and humble, try your best to win over, use them as bait, and get more support.

Mei Niang was dumbfounded, savoring the above words, and couldn't come back to her senses for a long time. After a long time, she sighed and looked quite strange: "Xu Jingzong and Liu Xiangdao, who had just passed away, both said this. The civil and military officials in the court wanted to be allies the most, and the one they didn't want to offend was your martial arts transformation."

Wu Kang rolled his eyes and just thought it was praise. I was not that awesome. Mei Niang hugged Ling Yue and put it carefully in her arms, showing a faint smile: "I will remember Kang Lang's words today. The bachelors of the Hanlin Academy represent the common landlords, and are my foundation."

After saying that, he slowly stood up and pondered for a moment and said, "The six thousand militiamen in Wuzhou have arrived in Luoyang and are stationed outside the west city. Have a good rest. I guess you will get what you want within this year. Lead thousands of troops and troops to the city of Pyongyang..."
Chapter completed!