novelcrest Chapter 3804 Enter the city to offer condolences
Chapter 3804 Enter the city to offer condolences
Chapter 3804 Enter the city to offer condolences
Zhang Liang and his party rode horses and galloped straight from Tongguan to the capital. The willow trees on both sides of the Baqiao were already lush green. Standing on the bridge and looking at Chang'an under the rain, there was a sense of long-lost and the change of things.
Hundreds of thousands of troops marched from here in the spring of last year, all the way to the east, vowing to make great achievements unprecedented in history, and returning to this place after a year, what greeted them was a city that was almost destroyed in the flames of war. The ruined city of Chang'an...
Arriving all the way outside the Chunming Gate, Zhang Liang took out Li Ji's general seal and handed it to the school captain who guarded the city: "I am Zhang Liang, the Duke of Yun, and I was ordered by the Duke of England to go to the city to pay condolences to Princess Baling. Please inform the officer as soon as possible. Let the city go."
The captain inspected the seal and returned it with both hands, not daring to be negligent: "Please wait a moment, Duke Yun, we will meet later."
Now Li Ji has hundreds of thousands of troops stationed in Tongguan, eyeing Chang'an covetously. Once all the nests come, the landslides and ground cracks will happen. Guanlong is frightened by this. Who dares to ignore it?
The lieutenant turned and ran up the tower, and soon a member of the general quickly walked down from the tower, and when he arrived at Zhang Liang's horse, he knelt down on one knee and performed the ceremony very respectfully: "The last general, Chunming Gate, is guarding Yuchigang, and he has seen the state of Yun." male!"
Zhang Liang raised his eyebrows: "Yuchi?"
The school lieutenant paused for a moment, and replied: "The last general is of the same family as Duke E, but he is only a remote branch."
"Xianbei Yuchi" is a great clan in the Northern Wei Dynasty. There are many outstanding people in the clan. They have been military generals since the Northern Wei Dynasty, Northern Qi Dynasty, Northern Zhou Dynasty and even the former Sui Dynasty.It's just that since Yuchi Jingde's grandfather, Yuchi's family and the Guanlongmen clan have gradually drifted away. Although they have the name of "Guanlongmen clan" today, they have already parted ways. Yuchi Jingde's meritorious status depends entirely on him Being unable to work hard has nothing to do with the Guanlongmen Clan.
If the descendants of his clan served as the generals defending important places such as Chunming Gate under the command of the rebel army, it would be difficult to understand the meaning...
However, the captain is obviously spiritual. Hearing Zhang Liang's inquiry, he immediately understood the key point and clarified it.
Of course, most of the surnames of "Yuchi" are connected with each other, and no one can tell whether they are related to each other.Of course, the Tang Dynasty was built with the help of Guan Long, and the Li Tang royal family itself was a part of Guan Long. In fact, it was difficult to completely separate the relationship with Guan Long in all aspects of the empire...
The city gate opened, and Zhang Liang and his party rode in and headed straight for Princess Baling's mansion.
Zhang Liang's trip is representing Li Ji, so naturally he can't go directly to Yanshoufang to meet Changsun Wuji. Li Ji doesn't want Guan Long to think that he is in the East Palace, and on the contrary, he doesn't want the East Palace to think that he is flirting with Guan Long—you beat you , I'll just take a look and don't intervene... This is Li Ji's position.
At the same time, Wei Chigang, the school guard of the Chunming Gate, quickly reported the news of Zhang Liang's entry into the city to the eldest grandson Wuji of Yanshoufang.
Changsun Wuji pondered for a moment after hearing the news, called Yuwenjie in, and ordered: "Prepare the car and take me to Mingfu Temple."
Although the Tang Dynasty respected Taoism as the state religion, many temples were built since the Sui Dynasty, almost all over Lifang. The Baling Princess Mansion was once a part of Mingfu Temple. After entering the Tang Dynasty, it was given to Baling Princess to build a mansion, adjacent to the temple. ,beautiful landscape.
Yu Wenjie naturally understood what Changsun Wuji meant: "Here! I will go to the Princess Mansion to express my condolences later."
Changsun Wuji nodded in satisfaction.
Not long after, a carriage left Yanshoufang and headed for Mingfu Temple, while Yu Wenjie rode with several soldiers to Princess Baling's mansion.
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Zhang Liang entered the city from Chunming Gate, looking around, the streets were full of Guanlong soldiers coming and going, the junctions of Lifang and the spacious streets were full of military camps, noisy and chaotic, feces and urine flowed freely, the once prosperous and beautiful Chang'an City It is now dilapidated and dirty.
Fortunately, the Guanlongmen Clan's restrictions on soldiers entering the city were fairly strict, and no troops were stationed in Lifang. Although ordinary people were confined in Lifang, at least their safety was safe.
But Zhang Liang knew that as the fire outside the Golden Light Gate burned all the food and fodder hoarded by Guan Long, the shortage of food would spread among Guan Long's troops.If this situation continues, sooner or later the morale of the army will be unstable, the discipline will be lax, and the extremely hungry soldiers will break into the Lifang to snatch food.
At that time, the large city of Chang'an, with its hundreds of thousands of residents, will be completely in dire straits, and this most majestic capital city in the world will also be completely destroyed by wars and wars, irreversible...
Although Zhang Liang never considered himself to be such a virtuous minister who "worry about the country and the people" and "caring for the community", seeing the current situation of Chang'an City at this moment, he still feels a heavy heart.This is already the case for the area controlled by Guan Long, and the situation of the imperial city, which has repeatedly competed with the East Palace, can be imagined...
At the end of the Sui Dynasty and the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, the world was in chaos, all industries were in decline, and the people were in dire straits. "There is no rooster crowing for a thousand miles", but seeing this scene today, I feel deeply saddened.
Outside Princess Debaling's mansion, Zhang Liang cleared up his mood and cheered up his spirits, and pushed out all the little sorrows and sorrows that arose out of his mind. Fight for greater benefits in the midst of the mutiny...
Zhang Liang came to the gate of the mansion, looked at the few horses and horses in the streets outside the gate, shook his head, and got off his horse.Even though Chai Lingwu had no real power, he was the son-in-law of the dynasty, and his elder brother Chai Zhewei, the Duke of Qiao, was in charge of Zuo Tunwei, so the Chai family was considered prominent.
Now that Chai Lingwu died suddenly, there were only a few guests in the mansion during the funeral, which is really embarrassing...
After handing over Li Ji and his own seal and name badge, soon after, Chai Xu, the elder of the Chai family, went out to greet him in person.
Back then, Zhang Liang was also a heroic and fast swordsman. He had five hundred adopted sons and ran wild in the Guanzhong market. He and Chai Xu, known as the "Wall Dragon", were both prominent figures in the Chang'an city. Jiaodao, seeing each other in front of the door at this moment, quite congenial.
Chai continued clasping his fists, which was completely out of courtesies: "The Duke of Yun is here, and the Chai family is very grateful. Please come in to see His Highness first, and then I will have a talk with the Duke."
Zhang Liang replied: "I am in the army, I can't help myself, so I came late, I hope you don't want to be offended."
Chai continued: "Be courteous and courteous. Nowadays, there are many people who have fallen into trouble, and few people who are sincere. The Duke of Yun can come, and everyone in the Chai family feels friendship."
It is widely rumored in the city that Chai Lingwu was killed by Fang Jun. It is said that Chai Lingwu, as the victim, should be given more sympathy, accusing Fang Jun of the murderer, but the result is that the Donggong gradually reversed the situation and defeated the Guanlong army. As Jun became more and more famous and popular, many relatives and friends of the Chai family were afraid that Fang Jun would be annoyed if they came to pay homage to the funeral, so they never came here because of the tense situation...
The two entered the mansion gate one after the other.
Hearing the news that Zhang Liang came from Tongguan, everyone inside and outside the mansion became excited and discussed with each other, and countless news were sent from the mansion to various parts of Chang'an City...
When Zhang Liang and Chai Xu entered the mansion, they first went to the mourning hall to pay tribute to the funeral, and then went to the back hall to meet Princess Baling.Seeing the two princesses of Changle and Jinyang, as well as the princesses of Nanping, Suian, Yuzhang, Pu'an, Dongyang, Linchuan, Ankang, etc., all present, they hurriedly stepped forward to salute one by one.
Princess Baling returned the salute with a sad and extremely weak face: "Thank you, Duke of Yun, for coming, and please also express my gratitude to Duke of England on behalf of my palace."
Zhang Liang hurriedly said: "This is the duty of our ministers."
Princess Linchuan on the side suddenly said, "Duke Yun returned to Beijing this time to express his condolences. I don't know what happened. Do you want to go to Neizhongmen to meet His Royal Highness the Crown Prince?"
There was a moment of silence in the hall.
For a long time, Li Ji's position was inexplicable, and there were many speculations from all parties in Chang'an. Now someone finally represented Li Ji in Beijing, and every move might represent a deeper meaning, and it could also express Li Ji's position.After all, the East Palace has turned the tide of the battle and completely took the initiative. If Li Ji doesn't express his opinion, when the East Palace wins and the prince defeats the mutiny in the future, he will definitely be dissatisfied with him, and even form resentment in his heart.
Zhang Liang smiled slightly, bowed and said, "This time, I am here to express condolences to Consort Chai on behalf of the Duke of England, and have no other intentions. After the condolences, I will leave immediately and return to Tongguan."
Princess Linchuan was a little disappointed...
She may be the one in the hall who is least willing to see Donggong turn defeat into victory. It's not that she has much opinion of the prince, but she really doesn't want to see Fang Jun flourish after the prince's position is stabilized. that scene.
(End of this chapter)