Chapter 185: How can you know that it is a blessing to lose your horse?

When Tang Cheng came out of the Anguo Prime Minister's Mansion, Li Longji personally delivered him to the door.

In a corner of the gate of the Anguo Prime Minister's Mansion, Li Longji quietly looked at Tang Cheng's gradually moving back with his hands on his back until Zhang Liang walked gently to him.

"Your Highness...".

Li Longji reached out and shook his hand gently, "I'll talk about it when I have something to do."

After returning to the cross-yard where Li Longji lived, Li Longji, who had been pondering something along the way, asked, "When did Tang Cheng arrive in Beijing?"

"This... I don't know." Zhang Liang didn't expect Li Longji to ask this question. After being stunned, he said, "I'll send someone to investigate now."

"Well, this matter must be investigated clearly." Li Longji, who had his hands on his back, walked slowly, as if he was talking to Zhang Liang, and as if he was talking to himself: "The current situation in the court is in chaos. If he wants to see through the general trend and find a path that is most suitable for me in such chaos, it is difficult for people who have lived in Chang'an for a long time to watch the storm. However, Tang Cheng is... If he had arrived in Chang'an, he would have thought about it. If he had just arrived and made such a judgment based on the news he had heard in the meeting just now, then..."

Speaking of which, Tang Cheng's joining Li Longji's camp was the result of Zhang Liang's matchmaking. Although Tang Cheng's performance was perfect before, this time it was the first time his master met him. As the introducer, Zhang Liang had to come to ask Li Longji about his impression and evaluation of Tang Cheng after Tang Cheng left. This was what he wanted to ask when he was at the gate.

At this time, what Li Longji said meant was very appreciating Tang Cheng's intelligence, but he stopped when the words were critical. Zhang Liang, who was already proud, followed and asked, "What?"

"That's how smart it is almost demonic! The change in the morning and the day of returning to Beijing is short. I didn't know where to catch it, so I had this meeting. However, although there was no firm opinion in the meeting, I suddenly realized after talking about Tang Cheng's privately." Li Longji's expression on his face was a bit complicated, with surprises and self-deprecating, "Is it possible that so many people's intelligence is not as good as Tang Cheng?"

Li Longji's evaluation of Tang Cheng was really high, but Zhang Liang was not sure about the meaning and tendency in his words. He didn't say anything for a while, but just accompanied Li Longji to the inside silently.

Li Longji was not concerned about this. His steps were slower and slower as he walked with his hands behind his back. He continued to say to himself as he had just said: "He is so old and grew up in Shannan, a remote countryside. Why do he have such a keen grasp and judgment on the general situation of the North Korea?"

Listening to the fact that Li Longji's voice became more and more wrong, Zhang Liang, who was very impressed by Tang Cheng's talent and was an introducer, could no longer remain silent. He quickly came to Li Longji's side, "Your Highness knew about Tang Cheng's previous actions. Whether it was Yangzhou or Jinzhou's road construction matters, his measures were stable and strange. As for the grasp and keen judgment of the general trend did not begin today. When Tang Cheng was building roads in Jinzhou, did you praise Tang Cheng as a genius, and just rely on one sentence of his subordinates to grasp the general trend of Shannan Avenue? Can you take advantage of the situation and think that you can succeed?"

At this point, Zhang Liang, who was a little excited, said faster and faster. "There is only the difference between mediocrity and foolish people. People have different differences between wise and foolish people, which have been the same since ancient times. Confucius once said: Those who are born to know it are the best! From all things before, this Tang element is clearly such a person. The wise man who is born to know (wisdom) from Your Highness is the evidence of His Highness's destiny! He took it from God and was blamed! He did not doubt people, but did not use it. This is what Your Highness often mentioned his subordinates."

At the end of the day, Zhang Liang stopped and bowed heavily to Li Longji.

Seeing this, Li Longji stopped and hurriedly reached out to support Zhang Liang, "Mingzhi, have you thought about going there? Get up quickly."

After helping Zhang Liang up, Li Longji looked at him with a tight face and said in a silence: "I am just curious about why Tang Cheng is so young but has such talent. How can I doubt him? With Tang Cheng's talent, if he really has any tricks, why should I use my brain in this idle clan without power? In this section, I am not confused." While speaking, Li Longji laughed and said: "Those who are born to know it are good, Mingzhi said it well."

"It's good, it's good." Zhang Liang also laughed with relief with Li Longji. "The real dragon appears, and the wind and clouds rise! The wind and clouds are born from the dragon. The real dragon carries the wind and clouds to form a momentum. The two are mutually generated and formed. If the talented Your Highness like Tang Cheng cannot use it, it is because the relatives are worried and the subordinates are too worried."

Zhang Liang's words were very allusionary. When Li Longji was young, his brothers and others went out to play together. When they encountered a pond that had always been calm, there was no wind and waves, and the pond was filled with clouds. At that time, Li Chengqi and others witnessed the calm water churning like a pot, and the surging water was like a water dragon. The celestial phenomena also changed, and they were all frightened. Only Li Longji, who was young, was not afraid, but instead shouted excitedly: "The real dragon appears, the wind and clouds are rising, and some of my brothers should ascend to the throne!" Then he went up to the edge of the pond alone and learned to do a ceremony to worship the heavens. It was strange that just after he finished the worship ceremony, the originally churning water immediately calmed down, and the strange phenomena on the pond also dissipated invisible.

This was the time when Wu Zetian was in power. Even if the Li clan was in danger, even if he was the emperor, he would be in danger. Even if the throne was passed down normally, Li Longji, who was born as a third son, had no chance. Later, as he grew older, Li Longji, who knew that he was avoiding these words, almost no longer mentioned this matter, but he was still very proud. This time, the words of his confidant Zhang Liang really touched his heart, and he smiled loudly when he looked up.

While speaking, the two of them had already arrived at the study room, "Mingzhi, I ordered the car to prepare for me, no matter how good I am, I will have a few days since I returned to Beijing. It is time to go to the princess's mansion to visit my aunt."

"I'll do it now." Zhang Liang's responsibilities are similar to the steward of Li Long Base. This is his mainland responsibilities. When he agreed to go out, Li Longji called Zhang Liang again, "Mingzhi, you don't have to go to this princess's mansion. I'll be very happy to go to Zongren Temple. I'm accused of staying in Beijing. I also have to write a note on Zongren Temple."

"Yes," Zhang Liang nodded and smiled, "Since his high school was well-off last year, he followed His Highness's instructions and followed his subordinates to the residence of several magistrates of the Zongren Temple. He usually does not talk about gifts from all the houses, but only the gift lists given in the next festival of the year are three times that of Beppu. A few days ago, my subordinates heard that when several princes mentioned His Highness, they did not dislike the politeness of their courtesy. This is easy to handle."

"That's what Tang Cheng has to say, otherwise I, a poor prince, would have filial piety to all the uncles of the king?" When talking about Tang Cheng, Li Longgen remembered another thing, "Mingzhi, after you have been to Zongren Temple, you can go find Tang Cheng."

"What's up?".

"The matter of running a garden," Li Longji said, and took out a letter from the desk in his hand. "Shilin is the foundation for guiding the people's hearts and officials' reserves. It is really not easy to ignore it. Just look at my aunt's efforts to do it. In the past, I was confined to people's slightest words, but although I had this heart, I was unable to do it. However, Tang Cheng's great Zhizheng Garden was inspired by the greatness of Daocheng in Dongdaocheng, Shandong. How is our current situation similar to when Tang Cheng first arrived in Daocheng? This matter has just been discussed with him and handled this matter in your name. What should I do in detail? But what I should listen to Tang Cheng's specific situation."

Upon hearing this, Zhang Liang nodded and hesitated: "Your Highness, this is the imperial capital, and it is not as good as the Dongdao City in Shannan. This matter..."

"Tang Cheng also said that I do not expect to unify the Chang'an Shilin in a very short time. I will squeeze in and operate slowly. It would be good to get some reputation in the Shilin in the short term. If I can find a few real talents, it would be a surprise." After patting the letter from his subordinates, Li Longji said seriously: "Although this matter is slow to achieve. However, it is a first-class and important matter. It is clear that you should be considerate when handling this matter. If you have any doubts and indecisive things, you should take what Tang Cheng said as the basis. You must not be young and experienced but stubborn."

When Li Longji said this seriously, Zhang Liang smiled and said, "Don't worry, your highness, although Liang's talent is not as talented as Tang Cheng, he thinks he is not as weak as him." After laughing, Zhang Liang bowed his hand and went out of the room to work.

When Li Longji and Zhang Liang were talking about running a garden, Tang Cheng, who was returning to the inn, was also thinking about this.

Building a garden in the imperial capital Chang'an model imitated the Daya Zhizhengyuan model was a move by Li Longji to start a plan for Shilin. Tang Cheng knew and supported this. After experiencing the incident in Yangzhou, his fate was closely linked to Li Longji. Although not many people know about this now, if Li Longji is in trouble, his wealth will definitely be turned up, and Jie Shi, as a matchmaker, will definitely not be able to escape.

From this perspective alone, Tang Cheng did not want any trouble in history. Li Sanlang must ascend to the throne and must not lose in the struggle with Empress Wei, Princess Taiping, and even his father.

From now until Li Longji finally fully grasped the imperial power, it was a long process. Compared with these political enemies who are about to come and will come in the future, Li Longji's strength is really weak and not worth mentioning. Therefore, Tang Chengcheng will firmly support any measure that can enhance Li Longji's strength.

This is a big deal. From a small point of view, once Zhang Liang set up such a garden, Tang Cheng could also make a name for himself. Although He Zhizhang and Zhang Chunjiang helped, they were few and there were many people in the capital. Tang Cheng didn't mind making more famous. At least this would save him the worries of participating in the literary club.

Worry is indeed worry! A few days ago, Tang Cheng also attended several literary meetings with the scholars in the inn. After the freshness, Tang Cheng lost interest. He pursued allusions and was so refined that he was so delicate that he was trivial. Although these people were rigorous, it was really difficult for Tang Cheng to like the poems written in this way, so it was naturally difficult to get involved in it. In addition, what made Tang Cheng even more uncomfortable was that most of these people, like Meng Haoran’s poetic friends, like to discuss current affairs and criticize people in terms of poetry. Although their discussions were passionate and enthusiastic, they were mostly empty words with only intentions, and there was no practice at all. If you listen too much such empty words, you would not only be bored, but you would be bored.

Seeing that the scientific examination was approaching, it was a time when the large and small literary gatherings in Chang'an City were extremely dense. Such literary gatherings were also a good opportunity for most scholars to observe and become famous. However, just as other scholars took the exam were excited, Tang Cheng had participated twice but was no longer interested.

However, the role of Wenhui is really great. When Tang Chengzheng was in a dilemma, Li Longji had this idea. For him, it was just like an iced watermelon fell from the world when the weather was hot. With such a fixed position, it would be better than rushing to participate in Wenhui everywhere!

From Li Longji starting to contact Princess Taiping of Zhenguo, to being able to give herself a new Jinshi place in front of the princess, this is not something that can be done in one or two days. It took this time to do this matter and nothing was delayed.

Just as Tang Cheng was looking at the improvements to open a garden in the capital, he suddenly found that Lai Fu, who was half a step behind him, looked a little wrong. "Lai Fu, what's wrong?"

"No... nothing!" After agreeing, Lai Fu, whose eyes were a little drifting, leaned closer and asked hesitantly, "Master, what a prince who sent you out just now?"

"Yes, what's wrong?"

"Nothing", Lai Fu smiled when he heard this.

Seeing that Lai Fu was like this, Tang Cheng didn't ask anymore. After continuing to think about it, Lai Fu didn't speak either, but his eyes became more and more erratic.

In fact, Lai Fu's uneasiness began when he arrived at the Anguo Prime Minister's Mansion. When he came out of the inn, the high-ranking official had never said he would go there. When he saw him, he was stunned by the magnificent aura of the Anguo Prime Minister's Mansion.

The master he followed before was Ma Biejia, the second-person figure in Jinzhou. In addition, he had been to the capital for several days, so he naturally knew who was living in this palace. The King of Xiang was not an ordinary land prince. He had even served as the emperor in the previous dynasty. Although he later asked to step down to protect himself, he was also from the emperor. Even the King of Xiang was still not at all. His Majesty's younger brother is only listening to the title of "Anguo". Who else can compare with Princess Taiping, except for Princess Zhenguo?

It is such a noble Prime Minister's Mansion. Grandpa, the great official dared to enter without even thinking about it! He didn't even want a famous sect. To be honest, after seeing this scene, the first feeling in his heart was that the great official was crazy now. Isn't this arousal? It's not a question of how to find excitement! Even if you dare to go to the Prime Minister's Mansion, you won't be beaten to death, but it's probably a big deal to suffer some flesh and blood at the Jingzhao Yamen.

Just when Lai Fu was worried, something unexpected happened. Not only was the great official who didn't even have a famous scepter, he was not forked out by the Yulin Guard who had a bulging belly at the door of the mansion, but he was also personally received by the eunuch, the leader in the gatehouse. Moreover, looking at the eunuch's expression... he was very kind!

"Even this eunuch guarding the gate is polite. It seems that the great official not only has the gate of the Prince of Xiang's Mansion been cleared, but also has become familiar with it." Lai Fu, who gritted his teeth and took out the money from the five-cent of the gate, sat down firmly in the gatehouse. After taking the tea from the servants, his head was still a little dizzy.

It’s really not a fault that Lai Fu is not aware of the fact that he can’t go to the main table. This is the damn Prince An Guozhou Palace! All the people in the Tang Dynasty are included. How many people are so popular with eunuchs in the family? Not to mention that they don’t even have a famous sect!

First, Lai Fu, who was born in a servant of the official residence, knew best how many rules there were in the seemingly simple welcome and sent-offs. Different people in different places must have different receptions. This is the rule. If you say it bluntly, these rules are just about people's dishes. As for how people look at them, it goes without saying that the officialdom is naturally about an official position!

But the high-ranking official was not even considered an official. This was his first time to come to Chang'an. What was going on? Ren Shi Laifu was flexible in his mind, but he couldn't figure it out. After hearing the young man who sent Tang Cheng out with his own ears called himself "I" and Laifu completely entered such a dizzy state, and his eyes looked at Tang Cheng also became vague.

Tang Cheng was thinking about the matter, and Lai Fu was dizzy. The two of them were speechless along the way. It was not until when they reached the gate of the inn that Lai Fu's thoughts that were wandering all the way finally came to fruition.

If you can't figure it out, just put it aside. From following Tang Cheng from Daocheng to the present, if Lai Fu was only for the purpose of revenge and repaying kindness at first, then he has firmly confirmed that Tang Cheng, the great official, has followed suit!

After a few days of leisure coming to the capital, Tang Cheng began to get busy again.

As soon as people get busy, life passes quickly. When the first goose-feather-like heavy snow fell in the imperial capital Chang'an, Tang Chengcai, who was busy for a while, suddenly woke up that it had been more than a month since he entered the capital.

"It's so heavy snow." Lai Fu, who was busy with his hands, suddenly stopped when he saw Tang Cheng, looked up and said in surprise: "Grand official..."

"This snow is so close to the New Year." After stopping what he was doing, Tang Cheng looked up at the southeast sky. Under that sky was the east road of Shannan. Due to the heavy snow, Xiangguan Zhisi suddenly came, "I don't know if it's snowing in Jinzhou?"

When Tang Cheng said this, Lai Fu's face also felt a faint gloomy look. It was a while since he left, and I wonder if his family was doing well with Xiaotao.

Just as the two of them were homesick because of the snow, they heard footsteps behind them, "What a great snow on earth, auspicious snow indicates a good harvest. With this snow, Guanzhong will be a good harvest next year, and Chang'an will be full of food."

Tang Cheng looked sideways and saw Li Sanlang wearing a fox fur cloak walking in from outside. The snow was so heavy that the person behind him was holding the Fan Yangli, but he never used it. He let the scattered snowflakes fall all over his head and shoulders. When he walked to Tang Cheng, he stood there for a while. Li Longji also stretched out his finger to catch a snowflake. When he saw it, he turned his head in surprise and said, "Tang Cheng, this snowflake is actually three-petal!"

Generally speaking, the snowflakes are hexagonal and have six petals, but this is not absolute. Three petals, twelve petals, eighteen petals and even twenty-four petals are also very likely. As a time traveler, Tang Cheng naturally knew that this was because of the effect of wind. But he never thought that he would explain to Li Longji more than 1,300 years ago the concepts of "deviation molecules" and humidity difference and temperature difference.

He looked at the snowflakes that gradually melted on Li Sanlang's finger. Tang Chengzhan smiled and said, "The Third Highness arrived in Beijing this winter and was about to be able to do anything. The first snow of this winter was exactly three petals. The so-called heaven and man correspond to the relationship, the sun was declining, the moon was full, the rain, drought, clouds and other things in the heaven corresponded to human affairs. Isn't these three petals of snow accidental?" Tang Cheng smiled and said, "The heavens were in line with human affairs. These three petals of snowflakes are auspicious signs from the sky. Congratulations to the Third Highness."

The ancients valued the most celestial phenomena. A fixed procedure before each dynasty meeting was that the censor in the palace reported the auspiciousness of various places. Once there were severe droughts or floods, especially when the earth and heaven were changed like solar eclipses, the status of the prime minister would be unsecured, and the emperor himself would issue an edict to blame himself. For Li Longji, this statement from Tang Cheng actually touched his heart.

Tang Cheng didn't think he was flattering. After all, Li Longji is now doing earth-shaking things with his weak strength. It would be good to take advantage of such opportunities to give him more positive psychological hints.

Li Longji didn't say anything when he heard this. He smiled slightly and just watched quietly as the three-petal snowflake on his finger melted completely.

After Tang Cheng waited for the snowflakes to completely dissolve, he took the Fan Yangli from his hand and put it on for Li Longji with a smile. "Your Highness is now ill and can't stand the rush of snow while he is recuperating in Beijing! Talking in the house."

The so-called physical illness is the result of taking the Tongzong people's temple path. It was precisely through this name that Li Longji was able to stay in the capital. When Tang Cheng said this, Li Longji couldn't help laughing out loud, "Let them in, you and I are talking here."

Upon hearing this, Tang Cheng waved his hand to Lai Fu, and Lai Fu retreated with the long followers. For a moment, only two people were left here.

Li Longji first looked at the garden in front of him, "I really didn't expect that Tang Cheng, you even know how, how long will it take to complete the garden? I'm anxious to see what the garden you have participated in the renovation look like."

"I dare not say I understand, but I just had some experience when I was working on the Daya Zhizheng Garden. The foundation of this garden is good, and it will be slightly changed, so it doesn't take too much time. When the group of singing girls in Jiangnan arrives more than ten days later, the garden will be able to be opened."

"Okay", looking at Li Longji's "Okay" saying a little absent-minded, Tang Cheng brushed the snowflakes on his head and smiled and said, "Where is Your Highness coming from?"

"Princess Taiping, Zhenguo", since Tang Cheng asked the main point, Li Longji did not go around any longer. After a pause, he said in a deep voice: "After walking around for more than a month, my aunt finally wanted to form an alliance with me."

"Congratulations", looking at Li Longji's frown tightly when he talked about this, Tang Cheng's words "congratulations" were really absent-minded.

"Just just a puppet, what's the point of being happy about?" Li Longji, who had deep eyebrows, held his hands tightly. "Civil officials, military generals, and people in the palace should be all princesses. Even if this matter is done, everyone knows that it was made by the princess, so what's the use of this king?"

"The civil officials and even the inner palace management are all achieved overnight. Your Highness is useless to be anxious. Since you can't get involved in these things, you can let the princess do it. In this matter, your Highness will do it as long as you do one thing." Facing Li Longji who suddenly turned his head, Tang Cheng smiled slightly, "Your Highness can't control you, nor can you. As long as your Highness personally leads someone to rush through Xuanwu Gate on the day of the success."

"If this is true, even if I am not the first to be a success, I can at least half of the princess, but this matter is not easy! I will tell you that Tang Cheng, although I have made many friends in the Yulin Army, most of them are humble and gentle, and the highest official positions are Ge Fushun and Chen Xuanli. Yes, even the two of them in that meeting that day, they were just a middle-aged general. How could they accomplish things alone? After all, they have to rely on the princess. However, if the princess is the one who is the one who is the one who is in the middle, how can you say that..." At this point, Li Longji raised his head and sighed, hating that he should not be the third son of the sect, hating that he had left him too little time. Not to mention whether his identity can make those Yulin generals loyal to him, time alone is not enough.

Seeing Li Longji's heroic look short and sighing, Tang Cheng couldn't help laughing, "I heard that Your Highness has been unrestrained since childhood. Because he likes to ride and shoot, he often enters the Yulin Army. Although he is noble, he can get together with the Yulin soldiers. Is there any such thing?"

"Yes, there is," Li Longji nodded, "But the people who make friends with them are all middle and lower-level generals and assistants. Since they have no military power, how much can they have in such major events?"

"Your Highness is confused by the authorities. Since Empress Wei had the intention of usurping the situation, how could he not cleanse the Yulin Army before acting? At this time, the middle and lower-level generals and subordinates he had made in the past were more useful."

By chance, as soon as Tang Cheng said this, a snow-covered Changsu came over panting, "Your Highness, the palace is urgently reported." After saying this, Changsu stopped and looked at Tang Cheng.

Seeing this, Tang Cheng was about to avoid the side, but Li Longji tightly grabbed his arm. He pulled Tang Cheng in his hand, and Li Sanlang kicked Changsui with a kick, and said furiously: "Bastard, I can trust you, what else can you trust? Why don't you tell me?"

"Yes," Chang Sui looked at Li Longji in grievance and whispered: "The palace chief, Eunuch Gao, sent a message. The palace has already drafted an edict. The generals of the four guards on the left and right of Yulin have been replaced. The successors are Wei Bo, Wei Yu, Gao Chong, and Wu Yanxiu. The edict was personally drafted by Shangguan Zhaorong. Your Majesty has already used a seal and will be issued soon."

Upon hearing this, Li Longji shook suddenly and turned around and looked at Tang Cheng tightly.

"It was not difficult to guess this matter at first. Your Highness is just a mystery to the authorities." After Tang Cheng explained, he asked Na Chang with interest: "Eunuch Gao? That Eunuch Gao?"

When he heard the question, the Changsui hesitated very much. Before he could speak, Li Longji spoke first: "This person is Gao Yanfu's adopted son Gao Lishi. He is now the Palace Chief of the Inner Palace and is in charge of the access control of the Inner Palace. He is still a bastard, and he can't go down."

After witnessing the Changsu retreating, Li Longji looked to the thoughtful Tang Cheng with a heavy expression: "Wei Bo, Wei Yuyuan is the relative of Empress Wei, Gao Chong and Wu Yanxiu are his confidants. With these four people controlling Yulin, even the princess can't get involved."
Chapter completed!