It's pitiful to say, it is said that the emperor is rich all over the world, but the standard life of the vast majority of emperors is born in the palace, grew up in the palace, succeeded to the throne in the palace, and finally died in the palace.

However, the emperor's patrol is a dangerous job, Qin Shi Huang died on the way out of the patrol was cut off by Zhao Gao to the Great Qin Jiangshan, although Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty did not encounter any big chaos, he was also scolded as a waste of people's fat and people's ointment, and the closer Emperor Yang of Sui is a typical negative teaching material, the pro-conquest of Goguryeo was blocked by Yang Xuangan's rebellion and almost starved to death on the battlefield, and the southern tour of the river was directly lost and lost his life.

So as soon as he heard that the emperor was going to tour south, the first reaction of the Manchu Dynasty civil and military was a headache, especially at this juncture, the new policy of the Western Tang Dynasty had just been carried out halfway, and the opponents were a large area, all relying on the Western Tang Dynasty army to suppress it, and now there are two sons of heaven, the ancient rivers and mountains are picturesque, Li Jie left Guanzhong with the main force of the Western Tang Dynasty, who knows if the other will have any thoughts?

After all, he is just a puppet now, and sooner or later he will face the situation of being abolished, and if he fights, maybe there will be a turnaround.

In particular, Li Jin, the prince of Fujian and Tang Dynasties, returned to Beijing a few months ago, and he didn't even have a prison in the country.

But on the eleventh auspicious day of the first month of May, the 300,000 Fujian and Tang Dynasty troops finally escorted His Majesty the Emperor of the Western Tang Dynasty, starting from Chang'an and swam southeast along the Grand Canal.

The scene on the day of the patrol could not be described as grand, first the heavy cavalry of the Forbidden Army wearing steel helmets and silver masks walked across Suzaku Street with a squinting posture, the bluestone street with heavy horseshoes trampling sounded, and the sturdy Forbidden Knights arrogantly probed around through the double holes behind their masks, and the cavalry spears raised to the sky seemed to be stabbed down at any time.

Next is a row of sixteen people, swaggering with spears, heavy armor forming a flesh and blood wall, what is amazing is that almost every row of steps is a rhythm, from a distance, like black waves.

Moreover, in the Western Tang Army, the foreign soldiers are about to occupy the fifth layer, and the tall and sturdy Western Tang infantry have bulging chests, which gives people a strong shock at first sight.

Li Jie is also a lot of enemies, recently he is reforming taxes, touching the interests of many clans, in the protection of more than 10,000 Fujian King Tielin, Li Jie also had to learn from Qin Shi Huang, got three chariots as a suspicious array, and also got layers of forbidden army knights as protection.

A while ago, Concubine Min Pei Ying also went back to Datang to visit relatives, and just came back a few days ago, the four concubines just made up a table of horse cranes, and sat together in the spacious four-wheeled carriage, playing happily with the sun.

And His Majesty the Emperor of the Western Tang Dynasty, who stomped his feet, which was enough to lead the world to tremble a few times, has now been reduced to the point of doing miscellaneous, peeling lychees for four of his own girls on the side.

Li Jie's arrival has definitely brought a revolutionary initiative to the fruit industry, the peel is sealed with a layer of wax The shelf life of the fruit has been increased for one or two months, no need to ride the red dust concubine smile, now the whole Chang'an can eat Lingnan lychees, and there are many big businessmen to build ice cellars, some lychees, mangoes, etc. are sold out of season, although ordinary people can't afford to eat at this time, among the dignitaries and nobles, it is not rare.

However, the lychee peeled by the emperor himself, it is estimated that even if it falls on the ground and is dirty, there are also people who line up in a long line, holding a daughter to pick it up, it is rare to find the gentle side of their husband, Pei Ying and Li'an took the initiative to stretch out their small mouths, but when they came to Wu Meiniang and Xiao Man'er, they touched the nail.

Wu Meiniang's noble and elegant cheeks showed disgust, Li Jie held it for a long time, and she reluctantly ate one, as for Xiao Man'er, she simply played wholeheartedly, and Li Jie simply pushed the lychee sent aside.

The two concubines looked so uncooperative, which made Li Jie scratch his head and laugh twice.

"Farewell to the ministers, long live the saint, long live, long live!"

Outside the west gate of Chang'an City, Wei Yuanzhong, Pei Yan and Shangguanyi and other prime ministers of the Tang Dynasty have already been waiting there, the emperor's patrol is a major event, and officials above the fifth grade are qualified to say goodbye.

It seemed that he was afraid that these ministers would cry again, corpse admonishment or something, Li Jie didn't show up at all, and sent Wang Xuance over, at this time, Wang Xuance, who was already quite a slaughter, supported his belly, which was already bigger, and his belt was bulging, with a very strange glow on his face, and he smiled and opened Li Jie's holy decree.

"After the widow leaves, you will do your best to assist His Majesty the Emperor of the Eastern Tang Dynasty, do your duty, and think of the common people in the world! Protect me Datang! If there is any power and arrogance, corruption and laziness, the widow will not be spared, and the ghosts and gods will also abandon it! Swear by this severed finger! When China is in trouble, the six armies of the Western Tang Dynasty should flock to cleanse the evil and kill them all! ”

Li Jie's farewell words were really murderous and unceremonious, and he seemed to be full of distrust of the ministers of Chang'an, and after receiving some reprimands with trepidation, he watched Li Jie's royal drive go farther and farther away with the rolling army, and the ministers returned to Chang'an City, and the yamen continued to work.

Holding the jade box loaded with the half of Li Jie's severed finger from the last Zhaoling Tomb and enshrined it in Shangshu Province where the holy decrees of the emperors of the past dynasties were held, Wei Yuanzhong, who was pro-Western Tang faction, couldn't help but sigh: "The sky of Chang'an is about to change!" ”

Just when Wei Yuanzhong sighed, the door of the Prime Minister's Hall of Shangshu Province was suddenly pushed open, and Pei Yan, who was second only to Wei Yuanzhong's status, suddenly ran in in a panic and asked in a hurry.

"The Queen Mother suddenly returned to Taiyuan Province today to worship her ancestors, and the car has left Chang'an, can Duke Wei know at this time?"

"Isn't it a holy decree issued by Pei Gong?" Wei Yuanzhong asked rhetorically in an even more stunned tone.

looked at each other for a long time, and the two prime ministers who disagreed politically agreed on the thighs in a surprisingly consistent manner.

"What's this called?"

The former foot of the Western Tang Emperor lost Chang'an like a ghost, and he had to go to Kanto and Jiangnan to inspect, and the back foot was the most regent, and Wang Qiang, the highest real power figure in the entire Chang'an, also left the government and followed out, don't you really regard this Chang'an as the top of power?

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I didn't know that I was willful, so that the two prime ministers who didn't have much real power were busy together, Li Jie's car was still moving forward according to the plan as always, but instead of going east, but first turning to the west, and Xue Li, Su Dingfangtun stationed in Liquan 200,000 troops converged, at the same time, before the trip Li Jie also had to bid farewell to Zhaoling, and at the same time, Li Su, the king of Shu, was also going to return to Yizhou, and the two brothers wanted to say goodbye here.

Wu Meiniang is absolutely meticulous in the matter, before arriving in Liquan County, several concubines have put away the Shuanglu card, and at the same time sorted out the makeup, in Liquan County, Xiao Man'er is personally selected pigs, cattle and sheep three livestock, early the next morning, followed Li Jie to Jiuzhi Mountain, and sacrificed in front of the mausoleum.

A long eulogy written by the waiter of the Western Tang Dynasty Rite Department was recited by Li Jie himself, according to the etiquette system, everyone paid homage nine times, even Li Jie, who had already been called the emperor, was no exception, the ceremony was carried out for a morning, after hastily using some vegetarian food at noon, Wu Meiniang and other concubines in the afternoon were filial piety to the daughters, and took the eunuch palace maid to repair the mausoleum on the Zhaoling Tomb with their own hands.

The two brothers, Li Jie and Li Su, returned to the sacrificial hall.

His face was full of seriousness, Li Jie carried his hands behind his back, looking at the portrait of Li Shimin enjoying the incense offering in the hall, and was silent for a long time, looking at his back, Li Su was also fascinated.

Since he was a child, Li Su always had an illusion, he was the younger brother, and this old ten, who was many years younger than him, was the elder brother, no matter when, everything Li Jie did was beyond his expectations, even now, until now, he was still buzzing with his head buzzing for the decision Li Jie made a few days ago, and for a long time, he couldn't help but ask.

"Old ten, this Chang'an, you really want to ......"

"The mother concubine and the third brother still refuse to go down to Qingcheng Mountain and come to see me?"

Li Jie's sudden rhetorical question made Li Su obviously suffocated, and then hurriedly shook his fat head helplessly.

"The third brother replied, the mother concubine said that she had been devoted to the Tao, and no longer wanted to ask about the disturbances of the world, the third brother was a fake Taoist, I heard that he also had something to do with the Taoist aunt on the mountain, but the mother concubine did not move, and the third brother could not go down the mountain."

Since Li Jie entered Chang'an last year, until now, Concubine Yang has not come to see Li Jie in person, nor has she written a letter to him, and even Li Jie's messenger is unwilling to meet, Li Jie understands Concubine Yang, she was born in the former Sui clan, and when the Sui Dynasty fell and the Eastern Capital fell, she tasted the pain of the country's ruin.

Historically, not long after the rebellion of Fang Yiai, Concubine Yang was also implicated because of her two sons one after another, and she was exhausted and died in a short period of time, this time and space had Li Jie, not only did the two of them have nothing to do, but also almost lifted the emperor Li Zhi from the emperor's position, but it also made Concubine Yang even more afraid and disgusted with Chang'an, the top of power, for more than ten years, she has been seeking Taoism in Qingcheng Mountain, and even a year ago, she really became a monk, among the three brothers, Li Ke has been responsible for filial piety, he is actually talented, also has some small ambitions, hoping to leave a mark in the Tang Dynasty political arena, but Concubine Yang doesn't move, and he can't move either.

Understanding is understanding, I have come all the way back from the other side of the world and seized unimaginable hegemony, but two close relatives can't come to share, this kind of loneliness can be imagined! This matter is also something that Li Jie is worried about.

couldn't help but sigh, Li Jie suddenly reached out and took a puddle of sacrificial wine from the spiritual altar, first poured it himself, and then sprinkled the rest of the wine in front of the spiritual seat under Li Su's horrified gaze.

Staring at the portrait of Li Shimin with dead eyes, Li Jie, who was staggering, muttered.

"Is all this also in your plan, Father?"

The sacrifice of the trip lasted for three days, and on the fourth day, all the troops brought out from the Hezhong Metropolitan Protectorate were gathered, and the mighty Western Tang army embarked on the journey again, heading to the Kanto Central Plains on the other side of Hangu Pass.

On the third carriage, the window was suddenly opened, and a bunch of freshly broken cherry blossoms were thrown out of the window by Li Jie, and he waved his hand lightly at the silhouette of the huge Chang'an City that seemed to be dimly visible in the distance.

"Chang'an, farewell!"