Tang riddles

In Heijo-kyo in September, the nights are already quite cold.There is no one on the rammed earth road outside the imperial city, only the long tune of the watchman shouting can be vaguely heard.

The horizontal and vertical roads cut Pingcheng into many square lifangs. This kind of city planning was learned from Chang'an, the vast and prosperous capital city of the Tang Dynasty to the west of the sea.Although the scale of Pingcheng capital is far from being comparable to that of Chang'an, there is no way around it.As a weak island country on the sea, the financial resources of the central court are very limited, and Dongying is not a country with such a vast plain.

Tang State, this powerful empire located in the west, is the place that the whole Dongpu yearns for.Young men regard becoming an envoy to the Tang Dynasty as their highest aspiration, and it is a trend for women of your family to be able to use jewelry and makeup from the Tang Dynasty. Being able to own a Wu suit made of Suzhou embroidery brocade fabric will attract countless envious eyes when they wear it on the street.

The Suzaku Street in the center divides Pingcheng into the left, the right, and the right, and nine streets and nine lanes, so you won’t get lost no matter how you walk.The emperor was very satisfied with the new capital, and within three months of moving, a large number of civilians had already moved to Heijo-kyo, and it gradually became prosperous.

That year was the third year of Hetong, the first year of Jingyun in the Tang Dynasty, and Qianhe was 11 years old in that year.

She didn't know where she came from. Since she could remember, she had been living in the Fujiwara family's mansion as a concubine of the Fujiwara family, and she was confined in a small courtyard. She never went out once before she was 11 years old.Everyone said that she was the daughter of Takahashi Aminiang, the concubine of Lord Uhe, the Saburo of the Fujiwara family, but Aminiang told her when she was three or four years old that she was not her daughter and they were not related by blood.

Whose daughter is she then?She asked Aminiang more than once, but Aminiang didn't tell her.She just said, your father and mother are amazing people.After being fooled like this, the number of times was too many, and she stopped asking.

Emperor Yuanmei moved his capital from Fujiwara-kyo to Heijo-kyo, which is a major event that Dongying has rarely encountered for many years.During this period of time, everyone has been busy with the matter of moving, and Aminiang is no exception.In order to lighten the burden on Aminiang, Chizuru, who has been very sensible since she was a child, made a small package for herself and packed all her pitifully small luggage.

The night before departure from Fujiwarakyo, Afu Ichijo Aro came and told Aminiao and Chizuru some precautions before departure.In particular, Qianhe was told that he was only allowed to hide in the walking chariot with Aminiang, and was not allowed to come out.Qianhe opened a pair of innocent and beautiful big eyes, pouted aggrievedly, and looked at Yafu.After a long while, he managed to utter a sentence:

"Then...how about peeing?"

Yiyi Yalang was speechless, looking at the child's extremely beautiful eyes, which were black and round like a deer, watery, and extremely cute.Finally, he reached out and touched Qianhe's head, smiled, and said gently:

"Yafu doesn't know about this, you can ask Aminiang."

Qianzu looked up at Aminiang again, but Aminiang just pinched the tip of her nose helplessly.

It was the first time for Qianhe to travel far, and the team moved very slowly. They walked for nearly ten days before crossing the Dahe Plain and heading north, finally arriving at Xinducheng.Although there are some barren and backward villages along the way, they are far less gorgeous than the Fujiwara mansion.But little Qianhe was very happy, and every day he hung on the window of the chariot, opened a small crack and looked out secretly.The mountains, rivers and land outside the gap, the scenery and humanities, the farmers who occasionally stopped by the roadside to watch the marching team, and the words whispered to each other with a strong accent in their mouths all made her feel very magical.

It turns out that this is the real Fusang country in the far east, the country where she was born and raised.

Whenever she sees something she has never seen before, she will ask Aminiang, what is that?Aminian always answered her patiently and stroked the back of her head gently.On the first night after arriving in Heijo-kyo, when Aminianx was putting her to sleep, she said to her:

"Xiaoqian, you have to learn the skills with your Yafu. After you learn the skills, you will be able to leave this place where people are bound. My only wish is that you can live freely and unrestrainedly in this world, with a loving heart. With the company of your loved ones, with a few close friends, maybe you can even have your own children..."

At the end, Aminiya's voice gradually dropped.

Qianhe knew that Aminiang's son, Prince Qingcheng, died when he was young, and he could not live out the tenth year of his short life.Perhaps it was because she had no children that she was fostered here and became her adopted daughter.

"Mother... what about you?" Little Qianhe asked in a daze.

"I, I will stay here, here... there is someone I love." Aminiang said with a smile.

"Is it... Grand Duke Yuhe?"

"Hehehe, you will know when you grow up."

It's something that I can only know when I grow up, so when will I grow up?I am 11 years old.Chizuru fell asleep with a feeling of unwillingness.

Time flies, and besides the task of guarding Fujiwara Yuhe, Aro will find time to guide Chizuru's homework.Qianhe must learn how to write Chinese characters, read Chinese poems and Fu, and classics of various scholars; he must follow Yafu to practice swordsmanship, bow and arrow fighting, and practice martial arts to strengthen his body; he must also follow Aminiang to learn the norms of etiquette and behavior.

In a blink of an eye, seven years have passed, and Qianhe has grown into a big girl.Since three years ago, she has often sneaked out of the Fujiwara mansion and wandered around Heijo Kyoto.Although she was much freer than when she was a child, she still couldn't leave Pingcheng Capital. After a long time, she inevitably longed for the outside world.

Yes, she also knows a lot of things.I still remember ten years ago, when she was only eight years old, it was a cherry blossom viewing season, in the courtyard of Fujiwara-kyo Fujiwara Prefecture, mother Aminiang stood in the shadow of the corner by pressing her shoulders, and let her see Looking at the luxuriously dressed man on the flower viewing platform who is making out with a woman with his arms around him, he said:

"Have you seen it? If you see it, remember that you have nothing to do with him."

At that time, Xiao Qianhe was very confused. He knew that person, and everyone in the mansion knew him. He was Fujiwara Yuhe, the head of the Fujiwara family, and the husband of her adoptive mother. Logically speaking, she should be his daughter, but her mother told her , I have nothing to do with him.

Now she understands that she is the daughter of that man, but her mother is indeed not the adoptive mother Aminiang, but someone else.This person is not even in the Fujiwara mansion.Who it was, no one told her.The reason why Aminiang said this is actually to downplay Qianzuru's father-daughter affection for Fujiwara Uhe.But in fact, Chizuru has never treated Fujiwara Yuhe as his father from the beginning to the end.This man had never even looked at her in the future.

Her father has only one person, who taught and nurtured her to grow up to be a superb swordsman - Yalang, her father.Yafu is also what her mother told her, her beloved.

At my age, if she were the daughter of other people, she would have already been married.But Qianhe's marriage has never been mentioned, and Qianhe even wondered whether they had forgotten that there was such a person as himself.

Aminiang has never been in a hurry. Originally, Qianhe's marriage was not up to her. In her opinion, it doesn't matter whether Qianhe can get married or not. She hopes that she can find someone she really loves before getting married. , Sooner or later, it is nothing but karma.If you don't have a good relationship all your life, then it's okay to be single all your life, at least you can be free and happy.Aminiang married the wrong person, and regretted it all her life.Although the people she loves are always by her side to accompany her, but they are nameless, and if they are discovered, they will be branded as "adulter and adulteress".As a retainer, Aro Ichijo had an affair with a woman from the Fujiwara family in the Fujiwara mansion. Once this kind of thing was revealed, it would be self-defeating, and it would not be able to pay for the crime, and would be sentenced to death.

Recently, the wind in the Fujiwara mansion has been a bit unusual, and Yafu doesn't know what he is busy with outside, it has been a long time.Although Qianhe didn't leave the house, he had heard from Yafu about the current situation in the court in detail, so he had some judgment on the current situation.

Three years ago, Emperor Yuanming, who led the royal family and nobles to move their capital to Pingchengjing, abdicated to her daughter, Princess Binggao. Since then, Princess Binggao has become the fifth female emperor in the history of Dongying.This beautiful and beautiful imperial daughter, who is over forty years old, has never been married. Now that she is the transitional emperor, she has made many nobles laugh at her.The reason is that Empress Bing Gao and Fujiwara Yuhe, the Saburo Lord of the Fujiwara family, have been involved in scandals. It is rumored that they are old lovers for many years.And everyone knows that the royal family and the Fujiwara clan have long had an incompatible relationship. This ambiguous relationship involves the most sensitive nerves of the royal family and the Fujiwara clan, and even caused Fujiwara, the old Patriarch of the Fujiwara clan, a headache for a long time.

But Fujiwara Bubiwai fell ill this spring and has been unable to get up from the couch. Seeing that time is running out.The Pension Law [Note] in my hand has not yet been compiled, and the old Patriarch's tone is really hard to swallow.

Dominating the imperial court for so many years, Fujiwara's unequaled reputation even spread to the Tang Dynasty. The prestigious assistant minister of Dongying, the head of the Fujiwara family, the number one nobleman, has a status that can be said to be below one person and above ten thousand people, and even faintly overwhelmed him. The emperor's momentum.Now that he is terminally ill, and his four sons have their own thoughts, if he just kicks his legs and leaves like this, the Fujiwara family will fall apart, and it will cause a huge storm in Dongying Chaotang.

This is why the wind is getting tighter now.

But what Qianhe didn't know was that the atmosphere in the palace was quite dignified.The first prince has been seriously ill for three days and hasn't recovered, his complexion has turned blue.Seeing that it was getting worse, the tongue in the palace could no longer be suppressed.The reason why this frail and sick heir to the first throne dragged on for many years and never took the throne was because his body was too weak.His mother, Emperor Yuanmei, and his elder sister, Empress Bing Gao (Emperor Yuansho), successively succeeded to the throne in a transitional manner. He was only one step away from the throne, but he waited for nearly 12 years. Everyone suspected that he could not wait. arrive.

It was night, and a group of hurried people in black cloaks and hats came to Fujiwara Mansion.They lined up, piercing straight into the deepest part of the mansion like sharp swords, and the one who led the way was actually Fujiwara Yuhe himself.His face was gloomy, and he seemed to be in a very bad mood, with hidden anger permeating the air.Beside him, Aaron followed him expressionlessly, but his hand holding the handle of the knife gradually tightened.

Not long after, they came to the door of an inconspicuous courtyard.The door was opened roughly by the guards. At that time, Qianhe was practicing her sword in the yard. She turned around subconsciously, swung the sword out, and rushed straight to the front door of the first man in black.Yiyi Alang rushed out at the right time, drew his sword ahead of time, and blocked Qianhe's sword.With a sound of "铛", Qianhe's knife broke into two pieces, and the broken piece flew out and plunged into the grass in the distance. Qianhe held the broken knife in his hand and looked at it in shock. A large group of people suddenly appeared in front of them.

A man in a black cloak and a hat was the leader, and when he took off his hat, Qianhe realized that she turned out to be an extremely beautiful woman.Judging by his age, he is only in his thirties.It's just that the expression on the face is cold, without a trace of warmth.She looked at Qianhe as if looking at a piece of goods, and after a while, she asked:

"This is your daughter? Yuhe?"

When she asked the question, she didn't look at Fujiwara Yuhe beside her, but still stared at Chizuru intently.

Fujiwara Yuhe sneered and replied:

"She is also your daughter, His Majesty the Emperor."

"Crack", the half of the knife in Qianhe's hand fell to the ground.

The author has something to say: [Note] The old-age law is one of the basic laws of ancient Japan. It was named because it was enacted in the second year of Emperor Gensho's old age.It's not a law about pensions.

The perfect political system in ancient Japan was formed relatively late. Until the 3rd century AD, Japan was still a slavery country.Before the 3rd century AD, Japan was called "Waguo" in Chinese ancient books, and there were many small slave states in it, the most powerful of which was Yamatai, which was also generally recognized by later scholars as the country of origin of the Japanese state.Around the middle of the 3rd century AD, the Yamato Kingdom rose, unified the Japanese archipelago, and continued to practice slavery.It was not until AD 646, when Emperor Kotoku was reformed, that Japan gradually entered the stage of a feudal monarchy society.

After the Dahua reform, in order to consolidate the achievements of the reform and strengthen the centralization of power, the "Dabao Law" was formulated in 701.In the 2nd year of the Yuanzheng Emperor's pension, the "Old Law" was compiled on the basis of the "Dabao Law", with 10 volumes each.Laws are criminal laws and orders are administrative regulations.It is composed of laws in ten volumes and twelve chapters and orders in ten volumes and thirty chapters.It was implemented in the 1st year of Tianping Baozi (757) (the reign of Emperor Xiaoqian) and was abolished in the Meiji Restoration. The period was about 1100; it was also the longest express law in Japanese history.Laws and decrees stipulate the country's political and economic systems and are the fundamental law of the country, and its meaning is similar to that of the Constitution.So far, Japan has become a country with a relatively complete feudal legal system.