Don't be a prince

After the court meeting was over, Li Chengqian left the Tai Chi Hall without hesitation.The bet or something, it's the same later, the emperor's father obviously has a bad temper today, so the idiot hit the gun.

Just after leaving the Tai Chi Hall, someone called out.

Turning his head, he realized that it was Fang Xuanling.

"Your Highness, if there is such a speculation next time, you can tell the old man and others about it. It is the greatest credit to be able to prevent problems before they happen. Compared with you, the old man and others are still short-sighted."

Li Chengqian smiled wryly: "This time is just a coincidence, it may not be so lucky next time."

Li Chengqian is still very clear about how much he has.But relying on his understanding of history, he became an image that can be pinched and calculated in the eyes of everyone.In the final analysis, because of his intervention, history has begun to change. It may not have changed much before, but now because of the bank, etc., the changes have almost spread to the entire Tang Dynasty. The change of one person has little impact on reality, but a large group of people The change is the real change.

Regarding the prince's words, Fang Xuanling just stubbornly thought they were self-effacing words.

"Your Highness is too self-effacing. By the way, Your Highness, the old gentleman watched Yuan Tiangang appear to the court, and asked His Majesty to pay attention to the defense around him, and beware of abnormal things at any time. According to Yuan Tiangang, he has been telling His Majesty all these years. , but most of them ended in failure, but this year is different, he calculated a clear ominous hexagram, and said that this year God will definitely send a warning, what do you think?"

"Bad hexagram?"

Hearing this, Li Chengqian was also a little confused.

In other words, didn't Lao Yuan just rely on good words to fool him?Especially for the emperor, it is okay to bluff and bluff the common people. Who would have the guts to play this trick with the emperor?

Abnormal, too abnormal!

"When it comes to hexagrams, it's not the only one who can speak. When Master Li was alive, he once warned the lonely to avoid ghosts and gods and stay away. Fang Xiang is asking the wrong person."

Fang Xuanling smiled mysteriously, bowed his hands and left.

Standing on the steps in front of the Tai Chi Hall, looking at Fang Xuanling's back, Li Chengqian shook his head mockingly.

Undoubtedly, this was also Fang Xuanling's temptation, and it is estimated that his speech could not convince everyone.It is estimated that these people feel that they have obtained the true transmission of hexagrams, and these prophets are all derived from hexagrams.It is estimated that this is the only speculation they have made when their rationality is at a distance.

Guess what?If divination is useful, why do people bother to tinker with tortoise shells all day long!

However, Yuan Tiangang's abnormality still needs to be vigilant.These guys are the most rigorous people. If they are not fully sure, they will not speak so deadly.It is estimated that Yuan Tiangang learned some news, which is still not good for the emperor, and he is fully sure that it will affect the emperor.

Although he didn't want to worry about the emperor's father and didn't need to, Li Chengqian was still very curious.

After returning to the East Palace, I called a carriage and drove directly to Laojun Temple.

The royal family has the surname of Li, and it is no coincidence that Lao Tzu also has the surname of Li. Since the royal family respected Lao Tzu as their ancestor, Taoism has developed.As a representative of Taoism on the bright side, Yuan Tiangang is naturally even more beautiful. Although the title of "National Teacher" is just a title, it is enough for him to walk sideways in Chang'an.

As soon as a person becomes famous, the appearance fees and so on will rise. In Li Chengqian's view, the red envelopes Yuan Tiangang received are definitely thicker.

The incense of Laojun Temple is very strong, which can be seen from the endless stream of people.The Queen's blessing before made a big advertisement for Laojun Temple, which is what the common people believe in most. Coupled with the evidence that the heavy snow stopped, it further boosted Laojunguan's reputation.

In the big cauldron at the door, cigarettes were lingering, and there was almost nothing to insert. People who wanted to get in to burn incense formed a long queue at the door.

As the prince, Li Chengqian naturally didn't have to wait in line.The light yellow dress is the best eye-catching device, and as soon as they got off the carriage, two Taoist priests immediately gave up maintaining order and bowed their heads.

"Poverty and innocent, pay homage to His Royal Highness the Prince."

"Poverty Xuan Qingzi, I pay my respects to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

Li Chengqian nodded and said: "Gu has something to do with Daoist Yuan, there is no need to report, just bring Gu in."

Wujing and Xuanqingzi had no doubt about him, and immediately began to evacuate the crowd to clear a way for the prince.

People in Guanzhong have a very violent temper. When they saw someone jumping in line, they wanted to roll up their sleeves and teach them a lesson, but when they found out that it was the prince, they all bent over and bowed their necks to get out of the way.The big banquet during the big wedding let everyone in Chang'an know what the prince looks like. If you haven't seen it, you will be despised by the people around you.Because this shows that this guy did not attend the prince's wedding banquet.

The first time he used the privilege, Li Chengqian was still very embarrassed. Facing the messy salutes of the surrounding people, he could only smile and wave.But after thinking about it, I found that my actions seemed a bit out of order, and a bit silly, so I could only nod my head instead.

After finally getting into Laojun Temple, it was finally entering Yuan Tiangang's small courtyard.

After entering the small courtyard, it immediately became quiet.There are too many people who come to Shangxiang to worship, and there are many cracks in the stone roads in the Taoist temple.But obviously the Taoist priests didn't want to replace it, this thing is proof of their prosperity.

"Okay, you go back and continue to guide the villagers. Gu and Daoist Yuan are familiar, so there is no need to lead the way."

Following Li Chengqian's instructions, Wujing and Xuanqingzi saluted and left.

Lao Yuan's yard had also been there, so Li Chengqian walked directly to the door of the room.

Pushed the door, but didn't push it.

Looking back at Zhang Yun, Li Chengqian folded his arms and stepped aside.

Zhang Yun giggled and took out a small knife from his pocket, inserted it along the crack of the door, and turned the latch bit by bit until it opened.Yuan Tiangang's anti-theft awareness is still not enough. You must know that the door latches in the study rooms of many important ministers are the ones with buckles.

Pushing open the door and walking in, I saw Yuan Tiangang lying on the desk planning.

Hearing the sound of the door, Yuan Tiangang said without raising his head: "It's not that I said don't disturb me, unless the emperor summons me, or even the prince and queen, I have to wait until the old man finishes his calculations."

"Tsk tsk, old Yuan, this is your fault. Although Gu said he cheated on you, didn't he seal a big red envelope for you afterwards!"

"Prince... Your Highness?"

Raising his head, Yuan Tiangang was dumbfounded. He reached out to cover up the pictures on the table, only to realize that his behavior was even more suspicious.He simply withdrew his hand back.

On the other side of the case, Li Chengqian picked up a drawing and was amazed.

Good guy, it turned out to be the most primitive analytical diagram of celestial body motion.Although it is not rigorous at all, it already has the appearance of astronomy.There are also a large number of records on each drawing, which can be converted into numbers, but the units are days and hours, which are not precise enough.

But even so, the shock is strong enough.

It wasn't until Li Chengqian saw this picture that he remembered that this year was a catastrophic year not only for the court, but also for Li Shimin.Because, on the first day of May this year, there will be a solar eclipse, and it is no coincidence that the area that can be seen happens to be the Guanzhong area.

The sun has always been the object of human worship, no matter where the civilization is, it is especially respected by the sun.In the Tang Dynasty, the sun was closely related to the emperor. A solar eclipse was such a rare astronomical phenomenon that people in later generations didn't even bother to read the reports, but it happened at this time, which was a big accident.Because the ancients had many explanations for solar eclipses, but all of them were bad omens.The most popular saying is that a solar eclipse is a sign of the death of the king and the death of the country.

Heaven and man feel that this kind of statement strengthens the imperial power, but it also restricts the imperial power.I have to say that being an emperor is quite heartwarming. He claims to be the son of God on the surface, so when a disaster happens, he can only secretly scold God for not giving him face.

For Feixue in June, there must have been a grievance, and some officials must have misjudged the case.When the earth dragon turned over, it was an earthquake, which meant that the emperor had done something bad, and the world was shaken by it.When it rained heavily, it was because the emperor did not cultivate his virtue, and the plague of locusts occurred, which was also the fault of the emperor.The solar eclipse is even more powerful. It is a sign of the death of the king and the death of the country. Since the emperor is alive and well, it is in danger of destroying the country. After all, it is still the emperor's fault...

"It's just old-fashioned scribbles, why is Your Highness staring at it?"

After struggling for a long time, Yuan Tiangang still wanted to bet that the prince would not understand this picture.You must know that even he has only a half-knowledge. The blueprints were drawn by a master of Taoism and appeared on his desk, as long as he wanted to know the exact time of the solar eclipse.As long as it can be accurate to the date, Yuan Tiangang can take advantage of this opportunity to "confess the gods" in one fell swoop!

Others may be afraid of this, but Yuan Tiangang is not. As the leader of Taoism, being promoted to the altar will not arouse the fear of the royal family. On the contrary, he can use this opportunity to gain the support of the royal family.

Putting down the blueprints and looking at Yuan Tiangang, who was disheveled and sloppy, Li Chengqian smiled: "Old Yuan, you've been planning with these blueprints for so long because you just want to know when the solar eclipse will happen. I haven't rested for a long time, so I will tell you the answer. On the first day of May, as for which time you want to count, it is your own business, and I don't care about it.

You see, Gu Duo is honest and told you all the answers, unlike you, tsk tsk, who still doodled freely, you can draw such drawings casually, and pay homage to you in isolation, because you may really be the reincarnation of some god . "

What Li Chengqian said made Yuan Tiangang blush.No matter what, he never thought that the prince would have known the answer long ago.

After thinking for a while, Yuan Tiangang sighed, cupped his hands and said: "Since Your Highness is telling the truth, the old Taoist will not hide it from you. Yes, there are indeed some masters in Taoism who have calculated that there will be a solar eclipse this year, so the old Taoist will present it to Your Majesty." I made a warning. Although the magic of astrology is said to be miraculous, it is actually human power. You also know that the old man relies on it for a living. Whatever you want, as long as you forget what you saw today, how about it?"

Thinking of Lao Yuan's secret room, even Li Chengqian couldn't help but be moved.Good guy, the money there is really immeasurable.

The tea in the teapot was already cold, but Li Chengqian didn't care. He poured a cup of tea and took a sip before saying, "I'm not interested in your money, and I don't mean to ruin your job. After all, I came to you today. It's just pure curiosity. When calculating the marriage between Changle and Changsun Chong, Gu still owed you a favor. Laojun Guanli met the Crown Princess and owed you again. Gu is not the kind of person who repays kindness. I left the Taoist temple today In the future, I will never tell anyone about it.”

Seeing what the prince said, Yuan Tiangang secretly breathed a sigh of relief.It was obviously still winter, but in a short time, his back was soaked, and his whole body was covered in mist as if he had exercised his skills.

Putting down the teacup, Li Chengqian said helplessly: "Old Yuan, I didn't blame you, you are really stupid. Do you know what the father hates the most? It's just playing tricks behind the scenes. For things like solar eclipses, you just report them directly." Well, the reward is still indispensable to you. What's the matter with your father's appetite? When the solar eclipse really happens, believe it or not, you will definitely attract more resentment from the father than gratitude. Others will think you Daoist Yuan is awesome, Father will only think that you did it on purpose.

Not only the father, but as long as he is a man of insight, he may respect the rules, but when it comes to these matters, everyone is like a mirror.Your behavior will make the common people admire, but it will also make the people of insight feel shameful. At that time, your reputation will be rotten. "

Chapter 3 Did the emperor belch?

Those who do things under the emperor's command must give nine points out of every ten points, and save one point for maneuvering. The emperor will not be angry.However, if you spend half of your effort and leave half of your effort, and only do superficial work, that's fine, and you will successfully reap the emperor's resentment.

Except for Wei Zheng and a few others who were hated by the emperor, the consequences would definitely be worrisome.After all, as long as you are a human being, you like to give charcoal in a timely manner, and you don't like people who add icing on the cake.Stand in line, you have to stand thoroughly, no one likes double-faced people.

Li Chengqian's words made Yuan Tiangang come to his senses. He got up and straightened his clothes, and after washing his face and hands, he bowed his hands and saluted: "Your Highness' words made the poor Taoist suddenly understand. After this incident, the poor Taoist will definitely give Donggong a heavy hand Thanks."

Li Chengqian smiled and nodded. Although it was just a whim to point out Yuan Tiangang, the content of the pointing was indeed worth Yuan Tiangang's expense.

Seeing that the gift was accepted, Yuan Tiangang was also relieved.

Going back to his seat and picking up the blueprint, Yuan Tiangang sighed and said, "There are no shortage of outsiders in my Taoist sect, and the one who gave the blueprint to Pindao is one. He once said that if he could calculate the blueprint, the time would probably be accurate to one column." Within Xiang's time. Pindao's arithmetic is not bad, but the calculation of such a number is still powerless. I don't know how many times I have to rework. In terms of the month, it is calculated to be the end of April or the beginning of May, but it is not accurate to the exact date. Let Your Highness I laughed.",

Hearing this, Li Chengqian nodded.However, what he laughed at was Yuan Tiangang's calculations, not this expert.The Chinese family has never been short of geniuses. In terms of astronomy, the earliest extant astronomical work in the world is the "Gan and Stone Star Book" written by the famous astronomer Gan De in the pre-Qin period and his descendant Shi Shen. Gan De is the oldest star table in the world. Compiler and first discoverer of Ganymede.

Later, Zhang Heng, for example, was a pioneer in astronomy.It is precisely because of them that the Huaxia family has enough face in the astronomy world.

The Si Tianjian of the imperial court is actually responsible for drawing star maps and divination of celestial phenomena.However, it is obvious that these people eat more dry rice.When the Wuhu was in chaos, I don't know how many classics the Han family lost and how many inheritances were missing.

Thinking of this, Li Chengqian suddenly felt a little embarrassed.In other words, Wu Huan Hua, if the crime is really pursued, Lao Li's family also has a share of the blame.

After looking at the drawings, Li Chengqian took out a blank sheet of paper from the table and said to Yuan Tiangang: "You read out the numbers and calculation methods on it, and do the calculation alone. You don't need to explain to me why, just read the numbers. Just fine."

Seeing the Prince's calculating look, Yuan Tiangang opened his mouth wide, but still handed over the plan.

Pushing away the pile of bamboo slices, Li Chengqian said helplessly: "You don't need these things, you can do it with paper and pen, and you have to calculate twice for each calculation, so you should hurry up."

"Ok."

Yuan Tiangang agreed, and could only start to read the numbers on the drawing. He was very curious. He still knew about the new calculation method called abacus in the academy, but now His Royal Highness does not need to calculate or abacus, he can do it with paper and pen. to what?

Not only Yuan Tiangang was puzzled, but even Zhang Yun who was watching was dumbfounded.

He is also familiar with the numbers, he has been with the prince for so long, he still recognizes this new type of numbers.However, what is the prince doing when he put two rows of numbers together?

In this way, Yuan Tiangang thought, Li Chengqian calculated, when the sun went down, Li Chengqian just checked all the formulas again.

Stretching, and taking the hot tea from Yuan Tiangang, Li Chengqian lazily said: "If the blueprints given by this master of your Taoism are not bad, then the time of the solar eclipse should be at the beginning of May. One, it's six o'clock in the morning, you see, we don't need to be accurate to a stick of incense, we can directly be accurate to a quarter."

After transcribing the answer on paper, Yuan Tiangang was still a little dumbfounded.He did not know how many days to calculate to the level of the month, and he was not even sure, but the prince only calculated all the results in one afternoon.Could it be that His Royal Highness also has great attainments in astrology?

As soon as this thought came up, it was cut off by Yuan Tiangang himself.This is impossible, the prince is only 14 years old this year, how could it be possible to achieve great astrology?Getting started is estimated to be early!

Seeing Yuan Tiangang still opened his mouth, Li Chengqian knew that he had frightened him again.

After simplifying the complex calculations, even a junior high school student in later generations can calculate the results step by step.In Yuan Tiangang's eyes, his seemingly ordinary behavior has changed.

Not wanting to get entangled in this issue, Li Chengqian had no choice but to change the subject and said: "Old Yuan, I have a discussion with you, how about introducing this expert from your Taoist sect to Gu? Gu is planning to establish an astronomy college in the college, and there is a shortage of leaders. Forget about the rotten garlic from Si Tianjian, this expert from your Taoist sect is very suitable!"

Yuan Tiangang closed his mouth and immediately became vigilant: "Your Highness, you are the crown prince, so it is a great blessing for him to be recruited by you, but Pindao has an appointment with him first, so he cannot reveal his location, so , it’s fine to send a message for you, but don’t try to use your status to make him submit.”

Li Chengqian waved his hand indifferently and said: "It doesn't matter, I don't bother to force him out of the mountain with the status of prince, you just need to send today's results to him, and tell him by the way, I am sure to let him see what the moon really looks like, That's good. Gu believes that this guy will definitely come to your door on his own initiative!"

Seeing that the crown prince did not want to force him, Yuan Tiangang was relieved and agreed.

It was already very late, and the palace gates were probably about to be locked.Although Li Chengqian felt that the emperor knew his whereabouts, he still had to go back to the palace.

Getting up to leave, Yuan Tiangang wanted to send him all the way, but he sent it outside Laojunguan.

Li Chengqian, who returned to the East Palace, closed the palace for self-defense, and no longer interfered with things outside the East Palace.

At present, in this world, there are many people who don't need to worry about it, and the emperor's father happens to be the first one.As an emperor, or Emperor Wu, or a black-bellied man, he has always been friends with conspiracies and tricks. Perhaps the shortage of information will catch him by surprise, but after knowing the information, he is invincible.

About the solar eclipse, Yuan Tiangang would definitely secretly report it to the emperor.As for the emperor, as long as he knows that there will be a solar eclipse on the first day of May, he is as shrewd as he will definitely prepare in advance to make himself invincible.

The documents to plead guilty to Tuyuhun and summon Murong Fuyun to court were sent out.As a result, as many people had guessed, Murong Fuyun wrote back saying that he was ill and feared that he would die on the road due to exhaustion, so he asked Emperor Tang to allow him to recover from his illness and then meet again.As for the Shanzhou incident, the old bastard didn't mention a word, Lai's illness never came, and he asked the envoy to bring a shabby gift, begging the Tang emperor to marry the princess to his son Murong Zunwang.

After the automatic destruction of the Eastern Turks, especially after the birth of gunpowder weapons, at least on the surface, Datang has become a well-deserved overlord.It is an honor for all the surrounding countries to be able to marry the princess of the Tang Dynasty.Xue Yantuo, Turks, and Tubo all mentioned the idea of ​​marrying the princess.However, a small country like Goryeo knew that it was not qualified enough, and with the matter of Ashina Xue in front of them, they all begged the Tang royal family to accept their princess.

Although it is now widely rumored that Goryeo's maids are the most gentle and considerate, and their appearance is not much different from that of the Central Plains, so they are the best choice for purchasing, but Li Chengqian is still a little respectful and insensitive.Not only Goryeo, but all small countries were rejected by him.

The crown prince is unwilling to ask for it, and other princes are even more afraid to ask for it.Marry the princess of the enemy country, and the innocent will become muddy.Originally, I was always tucking my tail between my legs, for fear of being caught. What is the difference between marrying a foreign princess and directly wearing the hat of "collaborator"?

If there was no Tuyuhun incident, Li Shimin still hoped to be able to marry these countries, because at least on the surface, the border could be kept peaceful for the time being.But after this incident, especially after being teased metaphorically by the prince, he felt that the marriage was like a meat bun beating a dog, and there was no return.He refused these marriage requests without hesitation, and the excuse he used was the "clan daughter...and the princess..." method created by Li Chengqian.

Although Tuyuhun's gift was very shabby, the emperor agreed, but the condition he gave was that King Murong Zun would personally enter the court to welcome his relatives.

Perhaps because he was afraid that his son would never return, Murong Fuyun rejected the emperor's proposal and instead asked the prince of Tang to marry his daughter.

Of course, this request was also rejected.

The envoys from Datang and Tuyuhun came and went, and the time came to the end of April before we knew it.

Li Chengqian breathed a sigh of relief when Tuyuhun's envoy left with the news that "the crown prince refused to marry".

During this period of time, if all the requests for marriage were agreed, he might have had more than 100 concubines of different races.

"Your Highness, why are you rejecting all of them? It's good to agree to one or two. When the concubine enters the palace to pay her respects to the queen mother, she is always preached by the queen mother. You don't want to accept Liangdi yourself, but you act like a concubine. The princess is like a jealous woman."

Even Su Yuan only dared to approach Li Chengqian when there was no memorial on Li Chengqian's desk.

If there is an official who sees the scene in the study at this time, he will definitely be furious.Because the princess was actually sitting on the prince's desk, taller than the prince by a head.

Su Yuan's behavior was naturally connived by Li Chengqian. In these behaviors, Li Chengqian would always encourage Su Yuan to do so.

Raise eyebrows?Treat each other like guests?Although it is a word to describe the harmony between husband and wife, in Li Chengqian's view, it is a derogatory term.Du Te Niang has become an affiliation relationship and a neighbor relationship, so they can be regarded as husband and wife?

Sitting up from the chair, he also sat on the desk. Li Chengqian put his arms around Su Yuan's shoulders and said with a smile, "The queen mother actually wants the East Palace to be a good concubine. When I am old enough, I can give her a baby as soon as possible." Grandson. No, I can’t do it here, so I can only put pressure on you. Don’t worry, the queen mother is not blaming you. If you still talk about you next time, just listen and don’t take it seriously.”

Su Yuan giggled, and reached out to wrap Li Chengqian's arm.With this kind of behavior, the two of them are more like buddies than like a prince and princess.

The desk is huge, and there are no memorials, and the paperweight is also in the corner on the other side. Looking at the wide desk, Li Chengqian couldn't help but think of some island country action movie plots in his mind.Hurry up to cut off such thoughts, obviously, he can accept such behavior, and Su Yuan can't stand it either.Although she is quite open-minded now, she is actually very traditional and conservative in spirit.

He stretched out his hand to caress Su Yuan's side face. Su Yuan, who had passed by many times, knew what was going to happen next. She should be used to it, but she still blushed.

Just when Li Chengqian wanted to do something pleasant, the door of the room was knocked open.

Su Yuan screamed and hid under the table.