Entering Chang'an City from Chunming Gate, Li Shan drove his horse slowly and strolled along the roadside. Looking left and right, he saw the East Market on the left, which seemed to be much more prosperous than before.
In fact, Li Shan had a similar feeling when he returned to the city the first time he entered the city. In the seven years since the founding of Li Tang, in the past two years, he had successively put down the rebellions in Hebei, Shandong, and Jianghuai, conquered Tuyuhun in the west, and attacked the Turks in the north. His military achievements seemed to have given him great achievements. Chang'an brought confidence, making the city once again full of vitality after Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty moved the capital to Luoyang.
Li Shan thought in his mind that people in the Tang Dynasty were said to be confident. This self-confidence was largely caused by the destruction of the Eastern Turks by Li Shimin three years after he ascended the throne. In this time and space, he might have defeated the Turks three times in this battle.
The East Market is past Pingkangfang, and there are a few people at the door who seem familiar... Li Shan quickly crossed his legs and left quickly. During the palace banquet that day, Li Yuan and several prime ministers were teasing each other. According to Zhang Wenguan's reaction, you, Mr. Taishan The face is darker.
In fact, Li Shanzhen felt quite aggrieved about this matter. The first time he went there, he really wanted to find out the news... Isn't that what everyone said, the place with the most and most miscellaneous news is the brothel!
Every time I went there after that, I didn't do it voluntarily, I was dragged there by others...such as Zhang Wenguan, Li Kai, and Fang Yizhi. It was all their fault anyway.
A little further past Pingkangfang, the Imperial City is on the right side of the road. Here are Taichang Temple and Taipu Temple. Behind them are Shangshu Province and Menxia Province. A little further north is the East Palace.
Li Shan couldn't help but think of Yang Wenqian. This guy is now the governor of Fangzhou. In which year in history did Li Jiancheng rebel so badly?
This year has been the seventh year of Wude. It is said that Li Yuan was summering in the palace at that time, which means it should be summer. It is already the end of August, so will it be next year or the year after tomorrow?
But I remember that the reign name Wude was used for less than ten years in total.
Along the wall to the west, Li Shan dismounted at the Zhuque Gate, took out the fish bag from his waist and showed it to the guards.
The so-called fish bags are actually the ID cards of officials in this era. They contain fish charms engraved in metal, which are engraved with the official's name, official position, title, salary, age, travel benefits, etc.
When Li Shan returned to Chang'an at the beginning of this year, he also changed the fish charm once, well, twice. The first time was from Acting County Magistrate to Acting Governor Shi, and the second time was from Handan County Marquis to Handan County Prince.
After passing the Zhuque Gate, Li Shan walked all the way in and glanced at the Zhongshu Province on the left. Lu Chisong, a member of the Zhongshu Sheng, came out and asked with a smile: "Huairen, are you here to meet His Majesty?"
"Meeting Duke Fan Yang." Li Shan bowed and responded with a smile: "I am here to meet His Majesty."
"That's wrong." Lu Chisong shook his head and said, "I am a county prince and Huairen is a county prince. Why should I be polite?"
"It's natural for a junior to salute." Li Shan said seriously: "What's more, I am friends with Brother Chengji, and he is an official in Daizhou, so he has a lot of help."
"Since we are friends, why should we be commensurate with our titles?"
Li Shan smiled and bowed again, "Junior, I pay my respects to my uncle."
This title is appropriate. On the one hand, Li Shan and Lu Chengji are good friends, and on the other hand, Cui Xin's first wife is Lu Chisong's sister.
Lu Chisong nodded slightly, "His Majesty just now summoned all the ministers and ministers to discuss matters in Linhu Palace. Why don't Huairen rest here for now?"
Li Shan immediately shook his head, "Junior, there are still some things to do... Well, let's talk about Princess Pingyang first."
"Haha." Lu Chisong said with a smile: "There are many affairs in Zhongshu Province today, Cui Sheren is busy with official duties..."
"Then juniors can't disturb me anymore."
Lu Chisong and Cui Xin are both in-laws and good friends. Yesterday I heard Cui Xin scolding him angrily... That boy is really good at messing around with women. It is said that all the famous women in Pingkangfang are eagerly waiting for him!
"That's all." Lu Chisong thought for a while and said, "Da Lang arrived in Beijing a few days ago and read Huairen's poems all day and night. I can talk to him when he has time."
Li Shan's mouth moved, and he reluctantly agreed before leaving quickly.
Lu Chisong's eldest son, Lu Chengqing, was known to Li Shan in his previous life as the prime minister during the Emperor Gaozong's reign. The idiom "not surprised by favor or disgrace" came from this person.
But Li Shan's reaction was not because of Lu Chengqing, but because of the Fan Yang Lu family... This
This family is different from the Li family in Longxi, the Wang family in Taiyuan, and the Cui family in Qinghe. Although it is also passed down by classics and history, Liu Bei's teacher Lu Zhi belongs to this family.
But in addition to classics and history, the Fanyang Lu family is one of the most proficient in poetry in the world, with countless famous poets.
In front of him was Lu Sidao, the "Eight Meter Lulang", in the back were Lu Zhaolin, one of the "Four Heroes of the Early Tang Dynasty", Lu Lun, a frontier poet, Lu Zangyong, one of the "Ten Friends of the Immortal Sect", Lu Tong, the "Tea Fairy"...
He has to hide a little bit from now on, Li Shan thought, so Li Gui doesn't bump into Li Kui.
After passing Chengtian Gate and entering the palace, Li Shan found out that Princess Pingyang was in the Forbidden Garden, so he simply found a horse to go to the Forbidden Garden. Anyway, Li Yuan was at Linhu Palace, which was not far from the Forbidden Garden... Well, or rather, not far from the Xuanwu Gate.
"Meet the King of Handan."
It seemed vaguely familiar. Li Shan, who was looking up at the Xuanwu Gate, glanced down and said with a smile, "Brother Dalai."
The one who saluted was Chang He, the former Zuowu Guard Youlang General, Daizhou Cavalry Deputy Chief, and the current Beiya Forbidden Army Left Prison Gate Guard Zhonglang General.
Li Shan didn't seem to care, and still had a smile on his face, but in fact he was very upset, and secretly cursed Ma Zhou for why he didn't get any information!
Ma Zhou is still suspicious, how dare he trust Li Shan... He was ordered to guard the Xuanwu Gate. This position is too important.
Now it has been Wude for seven years, and Chang He has been appointed as the left prison guard Zhonglang Jiang at this time... Is this the prince's arrangement?
Or was it Li Shimin's secret promotion?
Later generations said that Chang He was Li Shimin's man, or that Li Shimin bribed or won over Chang He... Both of these claims were not believed by Li Shan.
Is it a coincidence?
Li Shan took a deep breath, said nothing, and drove his horse out of the Xuanwu Gate towards the Forbidden Garden.
Beside the Xuanwu Gate, Chang He looked at Li Shan's back silently. Who would have thought that after he was driven back to Chang'an, the King of Handan could actually defeat the Turks three times... He always felt that the eyes of his colleagues were looking at him in the past few months. Something weird.
Among the generals who went to Daizhou in the same batch, Xue Wanche was promoted to Duke of the County, Ma Sanbao was promoted to the County Marquis, Li Kaijue was granted the title of County Marquis, and Er Zhu Yichen was granted the title of County Count. However, Chang He was driven back to Chang'an without catching anything.
After the news of the large reward for Daizhou generals spread that day, many people looked at Chang He with strange eyes...well, maybe Duan Zhixuan who was also driven back.
Chang He sighed, time is destiny, time is destiny.
When the news came that the King of Handan had defeated the Turks, he was devastated, and his friend Ma Zhou, who was staying at home, was even more pale-faced, his eyes were red, and he jumped up and cursed!
Ma Zhou really yelled, Li Huairen, you bastard!
Even Wang Junhao got a county boy. If I were still here, I would be able to get some benefits, at least I would definitely be recommended by you to become an official!
Now, I can only stay at Chang He's house, and I don't know when this kind of life will end!
