Struggle in the early Tang Dynasty

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"The interests of the Guanlong family..."

Fang Xuanling pondered for a while, silently lowered his head again, and stopped pleading and defending Guo Ye.Obviously, Fang Xuanling had acquiesced to Changsun Wuji's decision.

Suddenly, a burst of heavy footsteps sounded from outside the hall, ding ding ding ding...

The voice approached and entered the hall.

"My lord, my lord, something serious has happened!"

A burly man with a bright helmet and a horizontal knife on his waist rushed in front of Changsun Wuji and Fang Xuanling. It was none other than Yin Tianzong, the general who commanded the two yamen of David's mansion on the left and right.

I saw Yin Tianzong's face was covered with sweat, holding on to the handle of the horizontal knife, panting so hard that he couldn't straighten up.

Apparently, he was running fast all the way.

"Tianzong, why are you so frightened and embarrassed? What happened?"

Changsun Wuji was the first to speak and asked, an inexplicable premonition rose in his heart.

Fang Xuanling also asked while comforting him: "Tianzong, please speak slowly, what happened?"

After taking a few breaths, Yin Tianzong said loudly: "Master Changsun, Mr. Fang, something is wrong. Now, nearly [-] merchants on both sides of the East Market and West Market are closed and temporarily closed, and the entire East and West Markets are in chaos. I took a slice. And, and—

Outside the Suzaku Gate leading to the imperial city, 3000 students gathered. These [-] students seemed to be sick. They all wore bamboo hats and coir raincoats, and sat quietly outside the Suzaku Gate.They declared that they wanted to see the emperor, and they blocked the entire three gates so that horses and horses could not pass through..."

"3000 people in sunny weather, wearing bamboo hats and coir raincoats? Still sitting outside the Suzaku gate?"

Changsun Wuji's face was full of shock, and he shouted: "If these students don't study sage books at home, what do they want to do?"

Chapter 682

The ominous omen rising in Changsun Wuji's heart became more and more intense, and he hurriedly said to Fang Xuanling beside him: "Xuanling, the emperor has been absent from court for a few days, and it is likely that he will not be able to see the emperor when he enters the palace now. The time is running out. You and I are the Zhongshuling of the Zhongshu Province, and the other is the Shangshu Zuopushe, both of whom are the emperor's ministers. At this time, we should take responsibility and not let the imperial capital Chang'an cause trouble. "

Fang Xuanling nodded approvingly, and praised: "Yes, Chang'an not only has millions of Tang citizens, but also tourists and merchants from all over the world. The great capital of the Tang Dynasty should not be reduced to the laughingstock of a small foreign country. But Mr. Grandson, Mr. Fang finds it strange that the east and west markets have always been as stable as a rock. Why do hundreds of thousands of merchants close their doors when they say they are closed, and close their businesses when they say they are closed? There are three thousand students wearing bamboo hats in this sudden strike. Wearing coir raincoats and gathering at Suzaku Gate, will it be related? Or, with the three newspapers in the morning..."

"Are you saying that Guo Ye is playing tricks? Tsk..."

Changsun Wuji sneered, shook his head again and again, and said in a contemptuous tone: "Where does he, Guo Ye, have such extraordinary abilities? He can control [-] merchants in the eastern and western cities? How can he, an ignorant person, have such an appeal?" How powerful can you invite three thousand students to gather in front of Suzaku? What a joke!"

As he spoke, he hurriedly asked his servants to bring over a double-winged hat and a purple-gold official robe, and put them on in front of Fang Xuanling and Yin Tianzong.

After finishing dressing, he comforted Fang Xuanling, "Xuanling, you think too much, you overestimate Guo Ye, a little thief. Now, you and I are divided into two, you go and see what is the East Market and West Market? What's the situation? Leave the three thousand students from Suzaku Gate to me to deal with."

After finishing speaking, he ordered Yin Tianzong: "Tianzong, you take all the sergeants from the yamen of the Weifu of the left leader to go with the secretary in the room, and don't let the east and west markets become chaotic. If there is an emergency, you must Can……"

Speaking of this, Changsun Wuji gestured with a gloomy face, raising the knife and lowering his hand, which made Yin Tianzong and Fang Xuanling shudder suddenly.

Yin Tianzong hummed, and asked: "Master Changsun, all the soldiers in the Yamen of the Weifu on the right are deployed in Zhuquemen, under the command of General Su Dingfang, who is in the Yamen of the Weifu on the right. At this time, he should lead people in Control the situation at the Suzaku Gate to prevent chaos."

Changsun Wuji said hello, walked out of the hall with a flick of his sleeves, and yelled "Prepare the car, prepare the car" in the courtyard.

After a while, the two parted ways at the gate of Changsun's mansion, and Changsun Wuji drove straight to the gate of Suzaku.

Da da da……

The carriage of Changsun's Mansion galloped on Suzaku Street, and approached Suzaku's gate slowly.

Before reaching the gate, Changsun Wuji lifted the curtain to see, my good fellow, thousands of people gathered in front of Suzaku's gate, blocking the entire road leading to the imperial city.

In addition to the thousands of soldiers holding spears who were in charge of surrounding the martial law, there were also onlookers.

As for the three thousand students that Yin Tianzong said, after Changsun Wuji got off the carriage, he also saw it clearly.

Three thousand students, all wearing bamboo hats and coir raincoats, sat quietly in front of Suzaku's gate. Almost a hundred people sat in a row, row after row, forming a square meditation array.

Changsun Wuji didn't sneak into the crowd immediately, nor did he quickly come to Su Dingfang who was directing the guards to maintain order, but quietly watched the situation inside.

Knowing yourself and the enemy is the only way to survive a hundred battles.

He didn't even know what happened now, why these students sat quietly in front of Suzaku's gate, why the three thousand students all wore bamboo hats and raincoats, and he didn't know what to do when he rushed in now.

Simply, he stood in a corner not far away to see the situation at the scene first.

Soon, in the phalanx where three thousand students were sitting quietly, Qi Tian roared in unison: "We want to see the emperor, we want to see the emperor!"

Changsun Wuji listened and nodded secretly, just as Yin Tianzong said, these three thousand students are determined to see the emperor.But why did they dress up like this, and why did they use this way to meet the emperor?

Soon, a person suddenly stood up in the phalanx of three thousand students. This person stood proudly in the phalanx of meditation, as conspicuous as standing out from the flock.

Although this person is also wearing a coir raincoat and a bamboo hat, in the eyes of Changsun Wuji, this person has a bit of a coquettish temperament.

Huh?

Changsun Wuji wiped his eyes, he seemed to have seen this person before, he was actually a well-known talented scholar in Chang'an, the head of Sheyang Academy, known as the most outstanding figure among the poorest students in the world - Chen Kang and Chen Zhongda.

The reason why Changsun Wuji has such an impression of him is because Chen Kang has a long history with his son Changsun Chong. Changsun Wuji has seen this son in the mansion, and he is a talent.It's a pity that he is a poor boy, he has always looked down on him.In his opinion, no matter how talented Chen Kang is, so what?If you are not from the Guanlong family, your future achievements will always be limited.

At this time, seeing Chen Kang standing outright among the 3000 people sitting in meditation, Changsun Wuji became suspicious. Could it be that he organized the gathering of [-] students in coir raincoats and bamboo hats at Zhuquemen Elementary School this time?

What is he doing?Just to see the emperor?

Just when doubts arose in his heart, Chen Kang, who was standing proudly, took off the bamboo hat on his head, and suddenly raised his arms and shouted: "Three thousand students from poor families in Chang'an, scholars of my generation, have studied hard for ten years, or even dozens of years. What for?"

shuh~~

As soon as Chen Kang spoke, the entire phalanx of three thousand students fell silent.

I only heard Chen Kang shouting loudly: "The purpose is to achieve success in learning, so that you can enter the official career in the future, serve the court, and serve the country. We are full of enthusiasm, and the purpose is to guard the country and the country for His Majesty, and seek well-being for the common people in the world. .It is to learn the art of literature and martial arts, and the goods and the emperor's family. Three thousand children from poor families, do you think that I, Chen Zhongda, are right or not?"

"That's right! That's right!!"

"Exactly! Exactly!!"

The three thousand students sitting in meditation suddenly shouted in unison, responding to Chen Zhongda's question.

Chen Kang stretched out his hands to signal the crowd to silence, suddenly he spoke harshly, and said in a sharp voice: "But what? But some people just don't want our humble children to be famous, and they don't want us humble children to serve the court and serve the emperor."

At this time, someone in the phalanx suddenly interrupted as if it had been arranged in advance, and shouted: "Brother Zhong Da, who is such a hateful person with such sinister intentions? His heart is damnable!"

Chen Zhongda sneered, and said: "This person with sinister intentions is not just one person, but a large group of people. Every time the imperial examinations are held, these people control the places in the county examinations, prefectural examinations, and even the Chang'an general examinations, and limit them. The admission qualifications of our humble children. But they also give these places to those dudes who have been hollowed out by wine and sex. It is too deceiving, classmates! They don’t have to go hungry to save rations to buy pens, inks, papers and inkstones by studying hard in the cold window in summer and cold winter, but they easily get the fame and career that we dream of. Why is this happening?”

"It's so deceiving. Why do they enjoy privileges? Why is that, Brother Zhong Da?"

It was still Tuo Er, who was comparable to the best actor, who interrupted at the right time in the phalanx and asked.

Chen Zhongda sneered again and again, squinting his eyes and scanning the more than [-] people in front of him, and slowly shouted: "Why? It's because they came from the Guanlong family, they came from a family of officials and eunuchs. And all of us are from poor families The children of poor households are all students from poor families. Even if we try harder and work ten times harder, for us, the road to the imperial examination will be thorny and bumpy, and it will be difficult to achieve fame and official career. Three thousand students from poor families, you Say, our family is poor and we were born in a poor family, can these be our fault? Can these be the obstacles to our pursuit of fame? Can all of these be blamed on us?"

"cannot!"