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Chapter 428
When word of Wu Zetian's last request spread, everyone was puzzled by Monk Zhang Er.It's so weird, how can Wang Hua keep her filial piety for her?
Almost everyone thought that Lao Wuguan was in Shangyang Palace, and his mind was locked up unconsciously, that's why he made this unreasonable request.But it is also good for Wang Hua. It is believed that Lao Wu has promoted countless ministers in his life, especially those from poor families.But during the Shenlong coup, none of the ministers was loyal to Lao Wu, and only Wang Hua sent troops to Suizhou and almost died.Regardless of right or wrong, this is also a good story about the harmony between the monarch and his ministers.

It's not that no one saw it, Li Dan came up with a part of it.But as Zhu Dian, who rushed to Wang's house immediately upon hearing the news, said, Li Dan still underestimated Wang Hua.Otherwise, it is now possible to engage with Wang Hua instead of being indifferent.Li Dan thought that his mother thought highly of Wang Hua, but Wang Hua was just in a cold sweat because Lao Wu was dead after all.It doesn't have much influence on Wang Hua, but it has a great influence on me. If a smart person figured out the reason, I will have a lot of fun.

If this false name is useless, it is Lao Wu who said that the third child in my family is useless, you can help the fourth child together, can you become the emperor yourself?On the contrary, it will lead to death.So he was reluctant, so he put out the fire for Wang Hua, sent people to fuel the flames, and spread rumors everywhere, saying that Lao Wu appreciated Wang Hua, so he let Wang Hua keep this great filial piety.

His staff led the order to go out, but Li Dan sat in a chair and was very angry.Can you not be angry, this kid let go of his beloved little daughter's pigeons, and he was looking for trouble after his leg injury healed.Now that my old mother is insane and asked him to keep his filial piety, she dared not risk the disgrace of the world and use her marriage as an excuse to come and play games.It's not easy to kick, because now only a small half of that mansion can be regarded as the Wang family's, and the rest belongs to Li Gu'er.That's not counting, I still have to send my subordinates to speak good things about Wang Hua to the world on Wang Hua's behalf.

But Wang Hua couldn't be happier, he wanted to do his filial piety for Lao Wu, and this time he couldn't hide at home anymore.Although he doesn't come to the coffin every moment, there are many etiquettes and he still has to be present for some important ceremonies after the Empress Dowager died.

The most important thing is that his status is very embarrassing, he must not be regarded as a minister, and if he is a minister, he is not qualified to be a filial piety.Although keeping this great filial piety will suffer a lot, but not everyone can keep it if they want to.It's like bringing Webster's spittoon every morning, although it is a lowly job, but with so many eunuchs in the palace, most of them are not qualified to do this lowly job.

But he is definitely not Wu Zetian's own grandson, not even his grandson-in-law.

The few ministers who are friendly with Wang Hua, such as Comrade Da Song, wink at him every time they see Wang Hua's appearance.

Not only that, but Li Gu'er was even more furious.On the morning of the thirteenth day of the first lunar month, I arrived at Painter Wang, and Wang Hua persuaded him for a long time, using countless reasons to prevaricate.But then came a problem, Li Guer would not go back.

If it's the original, it doesn't matter, it doesn't matter whether these two people are in love or adultery, anyway, they don't hide it, it's done openly, and the whole world knows about it, even the Tibetans and big cannibals know about their relationship.But now during the period of great filial piety, it is a lie to say that the three-year filial piety period is not touched by men and women, but at least it must not be made too public before Wu Zetian is buried in Qianling.

But it will take a long time.Unlike the Song Dynasty, although the imperial mausoleum of the Song Dynasty was extravagant, it also dug a large earth pit as a tomb.The Tang Dynasty used the mountain as a mausoleum, chiseled the mountain, dug it into a hollow, and buried the emperor inside.Therefore, the imperial mausoleums after the Song Dynasty were basically all in Zhawoer. For example, the imperial tombs of the Song Dynasty were all in Gong County, and the imperial tombs of the Ming Dynasty were all in Beijing.However, the tombs of the Tang Dynasty are not together. Li Yuanxian's mausoleum is in Sanyuan, Li Shimin's Zhaoling Mausoleum is in Liquan, and Li Zhi's Qianling Mausoleum is in Qianxian County, which is also the westernmost mausoleum of the Tang Dynasty imperial tombs.Later, Li Longji's Tailing Mausoleum was in the northeast of Pucheng.

Of course, Lao Wu wanted to be buried with Li Zhi instead of being buried in a separate imperial tomb. The main thing is that he acquiesced in Li's family as the suzerain. The emperor himself is a custodian, not a real emperor, so this arrangement was made. .It also saved a lot of money for the court.But it is not a small project. The Qianling Mausoleum is more than 63 meters long, nearly four meters wide, and nearly 20 meters deep.All are filled with stone strips, from the entrance of the tomb to the gate of the tomb, there are 39 layers in total, and each layer of stone strips is half a meter thick. Just like this, molten iron is poured on it to prevent future generations from robbing the tomb, and then rammed earth on top.

Therefore, it is extremely difficult to pry it open, and after prying it open, the coffin will be transported to Qian County.Of course, there are far more than these, and there is a larger cemetery above, including the east and west breasts, the winged beasts on both sides of the Shinto, ostriches, battle horses, Weng Zhong, stone lions, stone statues of funeral ministers, etc., as well as an inner city of nearly three square kilometers.Although it is a joint burial, Lao Wu is also an emperor, so it should not be too simple.Therefore, the design needs to be rebuilt.So Yan Shansi wrote the letter, although he did not want Wu Zetian and Li Zhi to be buried together, indeed if there were ghosts and gods underground, Li Zhi would not be at peace for a few months.During this time, the children of the clan guarded the spirit with important ministers, such as Lao Wei. Wang Hua was not qualified to do so, but because he was the only one who kept the filial piety, it was his turn to spend the most time.

Of course, it is also a very honorable thing for a minister who is qualified to guard the spirit.But when it was Wang Hua's turn, that wasn't glory, it was ironic.

So it is not known that Li Bao'er will be able to live with Wang Hua publicly after a few months.

Not only could he not live with Li Gu'er within a few months, but even within three years, Wang Hua could not openly accept concubines and concubines.However, the Wang family of Taiyuan didn't want to mention it either, so the marriage had to be done in secret, and the Wang family of Taiyuan couldn't get rid of this embarrassment if it was made public.

Moreover, when Wang Hua had intercourse with several other women in these few months, he had to pay attention to contraceptive measures, otherwise, if he conceived in these few months, it would also cause criticism.Very troublesome.

Li Gu'er was not happy.

Wang Hua had no choice but to persuade her again, looked at her stomach and said: "Wu'er, you see that you are almost six months pregnant, and we can't have sex together. Just wait until the queen mother is buried and you give birth. Then we will be together again." , and then help me raise a son, how about it?"

Ganqing Wanghua regards Li Bao'er as a human-making machine.

But Li Bao'er liked to hear this, so his body softened, and he said coquettishly, "No, Erlang, I like to sleep with you in my arms."

Wang Hua wiped off her sweat, thinking that I am not a rag doll, but she patiently persuaded, "Come on, let me tell you another story."

This time it is not the four great classics, but "The Legend of Condor Heroes" by Jin Daxia.

Although "Dream of Red Mansions" is good, it is too deep. After all, popular novels are more attractive.When I heard it, I was fascinated, and it happened that Zhu Nian came in and entered the living room. What was the big family of the Wang family doing, from a few beautiful wives and concubines, to the six pretty maidservants who didn't know their identities in the Wang family, and Wang Hua's parents three. The younger sister and the fourth younger sister sat around Wang Hua and listened to what he said.

Is it a family meeting?

Well, he sat down and was fascinated by it.

When talking about the Jade Heart Sutra, Li Xuejun still gestured in his hands, but no matter how he thought about it, he couldn’t think of the ability to control 81 sparrows in his hands and prevent them from flying. , I don’t know how this martial art is practiced.

Wang Hua looked at it, and it was getting dark, and he had to go to watch the spirit tonight and had to eat dinner, so he clapped his hands and said, "Okay, that's the end of today, and I'll listen to it tomorrow."

Wang Hua was wronged like this, and also contributed a wonderful story. Li Bao'er stopped messing around and went back after dinner.But after returning to the palace, he told this story to Li Xian and Webster.

Zhu Dian and Wang Hua had a brief conversation in the room, first talking about Wu Zetian's strange request.Of course, there are some things that Zhu Dian also has a half-knowledge, but he can only describe this former empress with admiration.Then we talked about Wang Huahu's servant.

Zhu Ting asked: "Little Marquis, is this world yours alone?"

"Why did Mr. Zhu say that?"

"That's it, the world is not yours alone. May I ask what ability and right you have to heal this world? Let me ask you again, how many officials are there in the Ministry of Households?"

"One minister, two servants, four divisions of household department, Duzhi, Jinbu, and warehouse department. Two inspectors of the household department, four in charge; two in charge of Duzhi; three in charge of the gold department; three in charge of the warehouse department. people. There are also Langzhong and Yuanwailang.”

"That's right. In the Ministry of Finance, you are not the servant alone. There is a minister above you. Don't say that you can't challenge the world alone, even you in the Ministry of Accounting can't do it alone. In fact, you have done a good job. Otherwise, the old patriarch of the Wang family will not give me to you, even if I give it to you, I will not agree. Now the symptoms are not serious, but major events are happening one after another in the court. Even if you make admonitions, His Majesty may not listen Go in. On the contrary, let other officials of the household department think that you have stolen their limelight. You are astonishing as wood, but the wind will urge you. Of course, with your talent, it is not good if you deliberately cheat. There is no need to compare Others are deliberately short, but don’t give others the impression that you are ten times taller than them. Besides, you need the assistance of other officials in the household department to do your job well. So you can’t be too isolated. You can be tall, but taller Just a little bit up there."

He came up with a middle way, but it is also the truth. This is the biggest weakness of the Chinese people. Sometimes they are cowardly in external competition, but internal competition is more fierce than any other race.So one China is a dragon, and ten Chinese are a worm.

Wang Hua remained silent, but he also knew that what he said was the truth.

Zhu Ting then said: "Little Marquis, therefore you can make an admonition, but you can't make a strong or bitter remonstrance. You can divide it into a certain amount of time and make three admonitions. I don't think His Majesty will take it seriously. But you have done your part. When the situation gets serious, Because you have been admonished, I believe no one will blame you, and when the time comes to turn the tide, it will be the time to make contributions."
After speaking, he folded his hands and walked away.

Wang Hua looked at the back of him leaving, a little fascinated.

But because of Zhu Dian's idea, Wang Hua finally decided to go to the early court on the sixteenth day of the first lunar month and officially enter the household department.

Of course, he didn't need to report to anyone when he went to the morning court. On the morning of the [-]th, he rode a horse to the Tianjin Bridge.When the ministers saw him coming, they were all in a daze.

Obviously, Wang Hua has been in the limelight in the past few years, but there are not many times in the official morning court. This time, it is officially in the morning court, and everyone is still a little uncomfortable.

But there was a person who came over, Zong Chuke, and he said: "In the past, Shangguan Shilang was here, reciting the pulse of the Guangchuan River, driving the horse through Changzhou, magpies flying over the mountains and the dawn of the moon, and the cicadas making noise in the wild wind and autumn. I think the rhyme of this poem is clear, and I look like a god. Today I see Wang Shilang's demeanor, just like seeing Shangguan Shilang back then."

This is obviously a compliment to Wang Hua, but it is actually a satire on Wang Hua. Don't get complacent too early like Shang Guanyi, you will end up like him sooner or later.

But recently he has been favored by Webster.Of course, after Wu Sansi died, Webster wanted to renew his confidants as important officials in the court. In fact, Zong Chuke was not strictly Wu Sansi's person, otherwise he would not have been demoted for offending Wu Sansi. He defected to Wu Sansi, but it is not known whether Webster was in the middle to mediate.But there is one thing, he is trusted by Webster.Otherwise, other ministers would not have challenged Wang Hua on the first day of his appointment.

Of course, he and Wang Hua are also at odds. Wang Hua once said that he is Wu Sansi's Five Tigers. Based on this, it is impossible for them to reconcile.

Wang Hua looked at him like he was looking at a clown.If Wu Sansi could still make him jealous, even though Zong Chuke was two ranks higher than Wang Hua's official position, he might not be in Wang Hua's eyes.

Wang Xiang said with a smile: "Since Zong Shangshu mentioned Shangguan Shilang, I also remembered a poem. I wonder if Zong Shangshu is interested?"

Zong Chuke hesitated for a moment, needless to say, there may not be any good poems coming out.

Zuo Sanqi's regular attendant clapped his hands with Li Huaiyuan, the third rank under the Zhongshu sect, and said: "I would like to hear about it.",

Like Wang Hua, Li Huaiyuan was eager to learn good literature, but he was born in a very poor family, so he had a good impression of Wang Hua.However, as he was getting older, coupled with the smog in the court, he had the idea of ​​becoming an official.

Looking at the surging Luoshui, Wang Hua chanted: "Farewell farewell. In ancient times, there was the second daughter of Huang Ying, who was in the south of Dongting, the Pu of Xiaoxiang. The sea goes down thousands of miles. Who doesn't say that this is bitter? Days are miserable. In the dark, orangutans cry smoke and ghosts scream rain. What's the use of my words?

Huang Qiong was afraid that he would not show Yu's loyalty, Lei Pingxi wanted to roar.Yao and Shun should also be Zen and Yu.When the king loses his ministers, the dragon becomes a fish, and when the power returns to his ministers, the mouse becomes a tiger.

Or Yun Yao was imprisoned, and Shun died in the wild.Nine suspicions are all similar, but what is the double-pupil solitary grave?The emperor weeps among the green clouds, and goes with the wind and waves without returning.

Weeping and looking far away, I saw the deep mountain of Cangwu.The Cangwu Mountain collapses and the Xiang River dies, and the tears on the bamboo can be extinguished. "

This is the famous poem "Farewell and Parting" written by Li Bai, but it is rarely noticed. In fact, its artistic achievements are very high in Li Bai's poems, so Yan Yu's poems specifically mentioned Taibai's "Sleepwalking Tianmu Yin", " "Farewell", Zimei can't say.Zimei's "Northern Expedition" and other articles were not written by Taibai.In name, it tells the mythical story of the moth emperor and the concubine Yingying, but in fact, what will I make up if I say it, and the sentence that the king loses his ministers, the dragon becomes a fish, and the power returns to his ministers, and the mouse turns into a tiger.Point out the purpose of this poem.This is a satire of Xuanzong's powerful officials in his later years, but the poet knew that no one would listen to him even if his throat was broken.Therefore, the poem is written in a blurry way, which makes people feel that the poet is struggling in the fog, as if he wants to clear this layer of fog, but he is powerless.Therefore, Fan Ji said: "This article has the style of Chu people the most. What is more valuable than Chu's words is broken like a double break, chaotic like a complex chaos, and the meaning of the words is repeated in the middle, it is not broken but chaotic; it makes people sing. Sigh three times, but there is a residual sound."

Wang Hua is also very useful in the current situation.

After hearing Wang Hua's poem, many Qingliu ministers secretly sighed.

But Wang Hua didn't end here. He looked at Zong Chuke and said, "Zong Shangshu, speaking of it, you are also a little mouse, but now you have turned into a fierce tiger. I don't know what ability you rely on? It is very good. Family background, literary talent, or martial arts?"

"You, you," Zong Chu was too polite to speak.

Wang Hua flicked his sleeves and said, "It's impossible to ask the emperor for Shang Fang's sword, and I will punish all you evil people!"

"You, you," Zong Chuke wanted to fight back, but he couldn't say no to Wang Hua. If he rolled up his sleeves and fought, it would be exactly what Wang Hua wanted.He said your word four times in a row, and then stared blankly on the Tianjin Bridge.

The other ministers wanted to laugh when they saw Zong Chuke holding back.

After a stalemate for a while, Zong Chuke was helpless, the eunuch announced the decree, and the ministers entered the palace.

Li Xian was also very surprised when he saw Wang Hua. He asked, "Wang Qing, is your leg healed?"

Wang Hua replied: "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your concern. It is basically healed, but after walking for a long time, the wound is still a little difficult."

"That's good," Li Xian actually laughed secretly when he thought of Wang Hua's filial piety for his mother.

At this time Zong Chuke said: "I impeach Wang Shilang for slandering me on Tianjin Bridge."

Li Xian couldn't help frowning, he also admired Wang Hua's talent, but he was afraid that Wang Hua would cause trouble, which would happen before the morning court.

But Wang Hua said: "Your Majesty, the matter is like this."

He chatted with the two people for a while, and then said: "Zong Shangshu, Ming is a boastful minister, but in fact he is satirizing a minister like Shangguan's servant, and it didn't end well in the end. It doesn't matter, but I don't know what Shangguan Zhaorong heard. , what do you think?"

Zong Chuke broke into a cold sweat when he heard this, and became dizzy. He just talked happily and forgot about it.

However, Li Xian said: "Recently, the Empress Dowager passed away, evil animals rebelled, and too many things happened. From now on, you will be ministers of the same court, and you must not fight with each other. Shake hands and make peace."

Because of this, Li Xian got the nickname "Son of Peace" earlier than in history.Regardless of right and wrong, just wait to be a peacemaker.In fact, because of this, Chao Gang did not cheer up because of Wu Sansi's death, but was even more broken.

After the early court, the Household Yamen was located in the imperial city. In addition to the imperial city, there was also the east city that Li Chongjun once occupied during the mutiny, as well as some official institutions.In addition to these, there is also a Sifang Pavilion in the northeast corner of the imperial city to entertain envoys from various countries.

Came to the household department, although it was the first time to enter the household department, but Wang Hua had already made preparations, and even inquired a lot of news secretly.Therefore, the official documents are approved and written.Other officials in the household department were also looking at Wang Hua. Everyone was very curious. However, seeing the speed with which he reviewed the official documents, they all looked away. After that, he was even more silent.

However, Wang Hua's attitude is very friendly. Some young officials are still fans of Wang Hua and ask Wang Hua for letters.Wang Hua didn't refuse either, and wrote to them during the break.Therefore, after Wang Hua "off work" from the household department on the first day, word spread from his colleagues in the household department that seeing Wang Hua's demeanor when handling official documents was like seeing the demeanor of Di Gong in the past.

There is also a sentence that Wang Hua said in the early court, it is impossible to ask the emperor for Shang Fang's sword, to punish you evil people!It was also passed on.When Wang Hua went to work in the household department the next morning, many people surrounded him outside the Tianjin Bridge to watch Wang Hua.

But not every day there is an early dynasty, it seems that only Yongzheng has done this in history.He was very tired, and the ministers were also very hard.Li Xian basically has a small court for three days and a big court for nine days.On the nineteenth day of the first lunar month, in Prince Xiang's mansion, Xiao Chiying called her two maids before dawn.

The older maid, Ming'er, was in better spirits, so it didn't matter, while the younger maid, Que'er, was still tired, so she asked Zhang He: "Princess, why did you get up so early?"

Finally being dragged up by Ming'er, the three left the palace quietly, and Xiao Chiying led them to stand behind a big tree outside the Tianjin Bridge.

It's the first month of the month, the weather starts to grow, and the sky is bright at this time.Can clearly see the appearance of the ministers in the distance, Wang Hua is tall, standing among the monarchs and ministers, as if standing out from the crowd.The cool river wind blew him in a red official uniform, and his expression was as if.

Not far away, many people looked at Wang Hua with admiration.Li Chiying murmured, "Erlang, you finally succeeded."

As he spoke, tears flowed down his face, and his eyes were also filled with joy and worry.

Until the eunuch announced the decree and the officials entered the palace, she still stood there silently for a long time.

(End of this chapter)