Tiantang Splendid

Chapter 2475
No matter how many thoughts are hidden in my heart, what should be done still has to be done.

As soon as it was dark, Dugu Lan, who had slept all afternoon, got up from the bed, let the flowery concubine take a bath and change clothes, changed into an official robe, drank two bowls of porridge, and satiated his family. The servant hitched the carriage, and then went out.

There were many pedestrians on the street. Although it was night, the gates on both sides of the street were brightly lit. When passing by the West Market, the pedestrians rubbed shoulders more and more, as if they were in the daytime.

Because Fang Jun fiddled with the school opening ceremony, he advised His Majesty Li Er to martial law the whole city, and the daily entry and exit of the city gates were controlled, so the curfew was no longer necessary, so he simply let it go, which directly led to Chang'an City staying up all night every day carnival.

Since the pre-Sui Dynasty, Chang'an City has always maintained a curfew system as a relatively large-scale city in the country. Although this measure ensured good law and order in the city, it also indirectly restricted the development of commerce.

In the past, when the Jingjie drum rang, idlers had to return to Lifang obediently and stay at home. If they were wandering on the street, once they were caught by Marquis Wu, they would be punished and the common people had nowhere to go. In the era of extreme scarcity, we can only turn off the lights early and go to sleep.

Now that the curfew has been lifted suddenly, the people of Hecheng burst out with unparalleled freshness.

In the city, no matter whether they are male or female, high or low, they all spread out like wild horses running wild. Some children ran wildly on the street with lanterns, and did not go home to sleep until midnight, and there were also women in twos and threes in groups. Wandering in the street, three or five friends sit together in a restaurant or shop facing the street, order some dishes and a pot of wine, eat, drink, talk and laugh freely.

This world's most powerful city is completely full of vitality.

The prime ministers who originally blamed Fang Jun for breaking the curfew system, and complained that His Majesty Li Er was messing around with him, all shut their mouths after a day.

Without him, on the first night, the turnover of all shops in Chang'an City where the curfew was lifted directly doubled, especially in service industries such as restaurants, teahouses, brothels, etc., and the income skyrocketed.

In any era, the degree of economic circulation is an important indicator. The larger the scale of economic circulation, the higher the income of the merchants, and the more taxes the court pays, especially now that the commercial tax has been added.

Now not only are the impeachment Fang Jun "disregarding the ancestral system" in the court hall gone, the ministers even began to ponder whether to advise His Majesty Li Er to simply cancel the curfew system...

There is no way, the bosses have nothing to do at night, wear ordinary clothes and take a stroll on the street with their servants and slaves. Seeing the bright lights and pedestrians, it is really a sense of accomplishment in the prosperous age.

……

Dugu Lan sat in a carriage and led a group of officials from the Weiwei Temple to the Jinguang Gate in the west of the city. The gatekeepers had already greeted them from afar, and saw that the group of people were all wearing official uniforms , although I don't know what business is going out of the city at the moment, but I don't dare to be as tough as blocking ordinary people. I stepped forward and smiled slightly, and cupped my hands and said, "I don't know which yamen you are the chiefs of? I want to teach you that now Chang'an is under martial law. No one is allowed to enter or leave without a warrant."

An official from Weiwei Temple stepped forward and shouted sharply: "Presumptuous! Is it impossible to be blind, and you don't even recognize Wei Weiqing's frame?"

Wei Weiqing is in charge of military interrogation, which is equivalent to a knife hanging over the heads of all soldiers in the world. His eyes are always higher than the top, so why did he put small soldiers in his eyes?

The tone is naturally extremely impolite.

The soldiers trembled in fright. Naturally, they knew the power of Weiwei Temple, but they did not dare to bend the law because of their duty, so they could only forced a smile and said: "I am ordered to guard the gate by a lowly post. Please forgive me, sir. Since it is the Weiwei Temple's Commander, there is no problem going out of the city, you just need to show the warrant to the humble officer for inspection."

The official stared and shouted: "Bold! Wei Weiqing is in the car, and now he is ordered to go out of the city to handle errands, you dare to stop him, don't you want to live?"

He played tricks and only said "following orders" to do things, but he didn't say who ordered them.

As long as you think about it, who else can you order as Wei Weiqing?Of course the emperor.

But he just didn't say...

However, the soldiers guarding the city didn't listen to this at all, they shook their heads and said: "Without a warrant, no one is allowed to enter or leave."

The official was furious: "Which guard are you from? Let your general speak!"

The soldier straightened his back and said: "The lowly position belongs to Zuo Wuwei. I'm afraid our great general won't be able to come. If you really don't have a warrant, you'd better go see him yourself and ask for one."

Weiwei Temple is indeed very powerful, but is our great general cowardly?

When the officials heard this, they didn't know what to do.

General Zuo Wuwei, that is Cheng Yaojin...

He hurriedly rode back and underestimated a few words beside the carriage.

Then, the curtain of the car opened, and Dugu Lan walked down.

The warrant to leave the city needs to be issued by the Ministry of War or the Jingzhao Mansion. Except for these two yamen, no one has the right to let people in and out.

Needless to say, the Ministry of War, as soon as he heard that Wei Weisi was going out of the city, a fool would know what he was going to do, how could he give him a warrant to go out of the city and snatch people from him?As for Jingzhao Mansion, let alone Ma Zhou, who is upright, tough, and selfless, Dugu Lan has no reasonable reason to leave the city after thinking about it, so he simply did not go to Jingzhao Mansion, lest he be pushed back by Ma Zhou... …

However, he has plenty of ways to deal with a mere gatekeeper.

The old man walked up to the soldier tremblingly, and the soldier hurriedly saluted: "I have seen Wei Weiqing!"

"Ah."

Dugu Lan snorted, and asked, "Where is the officer in charge of guarding the gate? Let him speak."

"Here."

The soldiers hurriedly responded and trotted to the guard on the side of the city gate. After a while, a man who looked like a school lieutenant strode over and saluted, "I have been ordered to guard the Golden Light Gate. What orders does Wei Weiqing have?"

Dugu took a closer look, saw the armor on his body, and asked, "Is it a captain?"

The captain said: "Exactly."

Dugu Lan asked again: "Whose family?"

The school captain said: "Mo Chenlin, the humble Marquis."

Dugu Lan's eyes lit up: "From Hou Mo's Chen family?"

The captain said: "Exactly."

They are all from the Guanlong lineage...

Although the current Hou Mochen family is a bit waning and the rivers and rivers are declining, in the past, it was the top military family among the Guanlong nobles.

Since it's Guan Long's family, it's easy to handle.

Dugu Lan said: "The old man is out of the city to do business now, can you open the door?"

The captain said with a smile on his face, "I don't dare to specialize in my humble job."

Although they are all from the Guanlong lineage, he has a heavy responsibility. If Dugu Lan is released from the city without a warrant, he will be severely punished by military discipline afterwards.This military discipline does not need to be judged or confirmed by Weiwei Temple, it only needs to be confirmed by his own immediate chief.

Dugu Lan didn't seem to be surprised, he smiled like a Maitreya Buddha, without any momentum like an elder in the family: "If the old man insists on going out of the city, what will you do?"

"Uh……"

The captain was taken aback.

He insisted on going out of the city...According to the law, he had to be tied up on the spot and sent to the military department, but looking at Dugulan's white beard and trembling body, even if he didn't consider his Dugu's identity, it would be good or bad if he moved a little bit. Funeral?
He naturally recognized Wei Weiqing's Dugu Lan, and he knew better that although the Dugu family seems to be inconspicuous, it actually has a strong foundation, especially the influence on His Majesty Li Er is second only to the eldest grandson's family. Where the responsibility lies, I am afraid that in the end, a punishment will be inevitable...

As he was thinking about it, he suddenly saw Dugu Lan pushing him away with a smile, and walking towards the closed city gate.

The city gate was dark, Dugu Lan walked in, stopped in front of the thick city gate, turned around and looked at the captain with a smile: "If you don't open the door, the old man will bump into it today. Guess what the consequences will be?" ?”

The captain was stunned for a moment, and then a burst of firearms rushed up, his lungs were about to explode!

Come on, you are seventy or eighty now, how shameless are you to act like a bunch of rogues who are just playing around with you?

He was a little annoyed, and said angrily: "Why is the old Duke like this?"

Dugu Lan was not in a hurry, and said slowly: "The old man wants to leave the city, it is indeed for official business, and you know that you will never do such a treasonous thing, it's just that you lack a warrant. Either you open the city gate and let the old man out of the city, when the old man Go and intercede with Cheng Yaojin in person, or just bump your head in here, anyway, the official business can't be done, and it would be good to go home to recuperate."

"..."

The captain almost scolded his mother!

What is your status as an old man, why are you such a rascal?

It just doesn't make sense!
However, he also knew that with Dugu Lan's status and status, he could say such a thing without any shame. It can be seen how urgent he was to get out of the city.

Both left and right have to bear the punishment, but causing Dugu Lan to slam into the door, or even some accidents with this old arm and old leg, it is much more serious than letting people out of the city without authorization.

After weighing things up and down, the captain had no choice but to grit his teeth: "Come on! Open the city gate!"

(End of this chapter)