Chapter 422 Fighting for the rich
In the fourth year of Guangqi, in late February, the dispute between the Crown Prince became more and more popular.
On the streets of Chang'an, corpses often appear. These people are either dressed luxuriously or look fierce.
According to those who are interested, these people who died suddenly were either high-ranking officials or dead soldiers wandering in the darkness.
In early March, the officials and court officials actually sent invitations to the vassal states in the world at the same time. The two sides actually joined hands to hold a grand spring search event in Kunming Lake.
At the Spring Festival, the Crown Brother will decide to belong to the emperor at the Spring Festival event; whose family will fall, is it King Ji Li Bao or King Shou Li Jie?
In fact, in real history, after Li Yan's death, the one who rose to power was King Shou Li Jie, who was later Tang Zhaozong.
Some people say, wasn’t Emperor Zhaozong of Tang called Li Ye?
When King Shou was promoted, Li Jie changed his name to Li Min and later changed his name to Li Ye. There is no doubt that Li Jie was the later Emperor Zhaozong of Tang Li Ye.
But now, there are obviously not many people who support him.
Only the Lulong Jiedushi Yuchi Jin, Li Quanzhong, Henan, King Chongying of Binning, King Rong of Jizhou, and King Chucun of Cangzhou.
And there are many people who support King Ji Li Bao.
In addition to the governor of Jiangnan West Road, there are also Li Keyong from Hedong, Wang Jian from Xichuan, Gu Yanlang from Dongchuan, Zhu Mei from Fuyan from Yisheng Liu Hanhong, Zhu Xuan brothers, Yang Shouliang from Xingyuan, etc.
The situation was obviously not good for Li Jie, but Zhu Li, as the world's strongest warlord, remained silent at this time.
His silence caused Han Zhi from Xuzhou and Guan Yunchang from Yaozhou to become silent.
This time, the imperial court gathered all the vassal states in the world and held a spring search event. The purpose was naturally not as simple as it seemed on the surface; there would be no intention to intensify the contradictions in the vassal states.
Zhu Li will never make any decision until she does not understand the enemy's true intentions.
So what is spring search?
Spring search is a hunting activity carried out in spring.
Hunting has existed since ancient times. In primitive society, this is a very grand production activity.
Since the beginning of summer, rulers of all dynasties have divided hunting activities into four seasons; they are divided into spring search, summer seedlings, autumn qian, and winter hunting.
During the Tang Dynasty, hunting was particularly popular in all seasons.
Emperor Taizong Li Shimin once said: "A real man is happy in the world: peace in the world, and the family is enough for people, and one joy is the same; grass and beasts are fat, and hunt with etiquette, and the bow is not empty, and the arrow is not sloppy, which is the two joys; the six-way harmony, all directions are celebrated, and the Zhang joy is celebrated, and the upper and lower levels are in harmony, and the three joys are the same."
Even Emperor Taizong, who was the ruler, listed hunting as one of the three greatest joys in life, which shows the prevalence of hunting activities in the Tang Dynasty.
In addition, King Li Yuanji of Qi also said: "I would rather not eat for three days than hunt for a day." All signs indicate that the upper class of the Tang Dynasty favored hunting activities.
The truth is to follow the way, but it has been effective since ancient times. Hunting was not popular in the Tang Dynasty?
Spring Search is a royal activity and a popular activity in the world; and this Spring Search is also related to the selection of the crown prince, and even the vassal states that are in charge of one side, they dare not underestimate it.
For a moment, the vassal states in the world set off one after another, took their confidants and rushed to Chang'an. Even the two sides who started fighting each other stopped fighting, gathered their troops, and rushed all the way to the capital.
Zhuli, Shuozhou, is naturally no exception.
The Crown Brother is most likely to be the next emperor. No one dares to take such a person who is related to the trend of the future, and Zhu Li naturally dares not ignore it.
Before Zhu Li could go, Yi Jiangnan, Li Gufeng led thousands of ghost guards to go south first.
They were going to arrive in Chang'an in front of Zhu Li. In addition to clearing dangerous obstacles for Zhu Li, they were also responsible for inquiries about information from all parties for reference and prediction.
Shortly after the Ghost Guard set out, Zhu Li took Zhu Ya, Yue Pengju, Gao Yuan, Yue Yun, Qian Muran, Qing Ruo and others and immediately headed south.
The spring search will be held as scheduled in late March, and will expire. How dare they delay it? In addition, there are three thousand elite cavalry and three thousand tiger guards who follow Zhu Li to Chang'an.
When the feudal states entered the capital, there were few people without troops, and Zhu Li was naturally no exception.
Everyone pretends to be confused because they understand. There will be something wrong with this spring search, and no one will take their lives seriously.
The grand event was ordered by the court, and all the generals in various places along the way dared not leave any difficulties. Of course, this was the case when they went there. As for whether something would happen when they came back, only God knew.
When passing through Hedong, Li Keyong had already left. The general Li Siyuan stationed in Hedong did not leave Zhu Li and others; but he was particularly unkind to look at Zhu Li and others with a strong general in Hedong.
Taiyuan, originally Li Keyong's nest, has now become Zhu Li's land. If these generals Shatuo have no thoughts in their minds, it would be impossible.
However, they can only hate them, but dare not act rashly.
Once the existing plan of Hedong is disrupted because of their recklessness, it will not be enough to borrow ten heads for them; not to mention, Zhu Li is now ordered to enter Beijing, and who dares to stop him under the righteousness?
When he went to the capital, there would be a turbulent and undercurrents; Zhu Li and others turned a blind eye to the hatred of the generals in Hedong and had no intention of entangling them.
The group set off at the beginning of the month and arrived in Chang'an in mid-March; it was evening.
Looking around, I saw the towering Chang'an, the capital of the Qin and Han Dynasties, facing the afterglow of the evening, just like an old man in his twilight sighing at the sudden changes in the world.
This ancient city, which is rich in humanities and has been baptized by wind and rain, seems to have lost its might as well with the decline of the Li Tang Dynasty.
Since the first year of Zhonghe, Chang'an, this majestic ancient city was first captured by Huang Chao, and then recaptured by Zhu Li; when the eunuch Tian Lingzi competed with Wang Chongrong for the benefits of the salt pond, Chang'an was captured by Li Keyong again.
The fall of several times has caused this famous city to have long lost its mighty power, like an old giant beast that has been lingering lazily on the land of Shaanxi.
As soon as they entered Chang'an, Zhu Li and others encountered something unique.
Liu Hanhong, the governor of the Yisheng Army, actually openly challenged Gu Yanlang, the governor of Dongchuan, in Chang'an City.
In official history, Liu Hanhong, the governor of the Yisheng Army who should have died in the second year of Guangqi, is still alive.
It’s no wonder he is still alive now. Since Zhu Li, a little butterfly, came to this era, he killed Gao Pian in the first shot, which made Yang Xingmi in Yangzhou a few years earlier than in history and became a hero in Yangzhou.
Liu Hanhong, who was separating the East of Jiangnan, had the intimidation of Yang Xingmi, the crouching tiger, and did not wantonly guide Dong Chang, who was based in Hangzhou as in history.
Of course, he was not defeated by Dong Chang's general Qian Miu, and he was defeated one after another, so he lived a good life.
It was precisely because of Yang Xingmi's shock that Liu Hanhong focused most of his attention on Yang Xingmi; his tragedy did not happen again in this time and space.
Liu Hanhong and Gu Yanlang, for some reason, these two met. Is it a coincidence or someone is trying to provoke?
However, one of these two people is arrogant and ambitious by nature; the other dies, and has no successor after his son, and is even more unscrupulous. As soon as he meets him, he is in a good way.
Liu Hanhong was in power in Jiangdong and was fighting against Yang Xingmi in the north, so he was naturally not Yi with him; while Gu Yanlang was able to steal food from Wang Jian's mouth and steal Dongchuan, so he was not a good person.
Although the two met, they did not meet each other.
As a generation of heroes, they feel like a mirror in their hearts. The spring search has not yet begun. If the two of them fight to the death at this time, the final result will only be cheaper for others.
However, as a vassal state, I cannot lose face and can't swallow it in my heart. I always have to find a way to vent my vent.
So the two of them had a unique competition.
Most people really can't do this battle because their competition is a battle of wealth.
At the gate of Chang'an, Liu Hanhong occupied the left side of the street, casting stoves with gold and jade, silk and satin as firewood, and purchased delicious delicacies such as bear paws and bird's nests at high prices, cooking on the spot, and entertaining all the passers-by.
It is called "Don't miss it" by passing by. It is a bear's paw and bird's nest for free. One mouthful of aphrodisiac, two mouthfuls nourish yin, three mouthfuls, and many descendants.
The naked show of wealth is astonishing.
You should know that in the world now, more than 70% of the people cannot eat enough or sleep well.
This guy Liu Hanhong actually gave away precious delicacies such as bear's paw and bird's nest as cabbage, and was so slutty that it was so slutty.
What's more, there is the silk and satin.
Even in a wealthy family, you have to take out your family’s wealth for several years before you can buy one; usually it is only a luxury when your son gets married and your daughter gets married.
But in Liu Hanhong's place, it is used as firewood, which is a naked sin.
Looking at Gu Yanlang again, this guy occupied the right side of the street and built a silver platform near the gate of Chang'an City.
The entire silver platform is like a small hill with silver light, and I don’t know how much silver it has been built.
Not only that, Gu Yanlang also bought sixteen charming ladies like the fragrance of the country from the Red Building and the embroidery workshop in Chang'an at a high price, and all of them placed them on the silver platform.
Each of these ladies had a gold bucket made of pure gold, and the golden barrel was filled with white silver coins.
The sixteen wives, and did nothing else, they only did one thing, which was to sprinkle the silver coins in the bucket into the audience and the road.
It is called "Don't miss it when you pass by." If you pass by, you will get rewards, one tael of silver. Instead of praying for golden pies to fall from the sky, it is better to stop and receive them at will.
As soon as he saw this scene, Zhu Li and others, just like Liu Laolao entering the Grand View Garden, were stunned and salivating.
The world is so great that it is all strange.
Even in this end-of-day Tang Dynasty, there are good things that have spent money everywhere. Many people think that they have not woken up.
After being surprised, I was pondering, but of course, I would not forget to grab the money.
Even Zhu Li, the Huaihua General, would pass Qing Ruo's hand and cover her face, and immediately join the ranks of picking up money.
The crowd was surging and the water was bleak. Zhu Li, Yue Pengju, Qian Muran and others relied on their great skills to grab the big robbery, just like they had never seen money in their eight lives.
As the saying goes, eating people is short-speaking, but taking people with mercy.
But Zhu Li and everyone not only ate and drank a meal, but also stole countless silver coins sent by Gu Yanlang.
Even so, in his heart, Liu Hanhong and Gu Yanlang had already secretly included them among the Central Plains cancers that must be removed.
Chapter completed!