Li Shimin certainly believed who the king's servant was.

In addition to him being a servant of the king, there are two other old guys who are trustworthy.

After all, after the Xuanwu Gate incident, he, Li Shimin, was very concerned about his family's life, so he naturally wanted to find some experts to guard the palace.

Although there are not many masters in the palace, there are probably only these four people who can really be called masters.

After all, every once in a while, some assassins would break into this palace city.

This has become a common occurrence in the palace. Moreover, Li Shimin took away the throne from his elder brother, killed his elder brother and younger brother, and even killed all their descendants. This kind of thing will definitely lead to revenge.

Although Li Jiancheng's female family members have fled, their hatred for Li Shimin has long been engraved in their bones.

They must have been involved in this kind of assassination.

Of course, there are also some hostile countries that send some assassins over, such as the Turks, Tuguhun, and other countries.

On the other hand, Li Shimin seemed to have peace in the world at this time. If he was really assassinated, the word "peace" would probably turn over.

In the morning of the next day, Zhong Wen left the guest house where he was staying, just like yesterday, and was going to Zongzheng Temple to change his certificate.

This is something he must do when he comes to Chang'an, and identity is very important in this era.

Unlike in troubled times, there is no such thing as checking one's identity. People are dying, so why check one's identity?

Zhong Wen asked the shop owner where Zongzheng Temple was, and then walked directly to the Imperial City.

It's not very far away, but it's not close either.

The distance is at least ten miles, but to Zhong Wen, this distance is nothing more than child's play.

Besides, he can also enjoy the scenery of Chang'an City along the way and see the people in Chang'an City. Of course, if there are beautiful women to look at, Zhong Wen might also take a look at them.

There are no beautiful women, but there are quite a few old women.

Of course, there are also some horse-drawn carriages and the like, heading all the way to the main street of Chang'an, either to the West Market or the East Market.

After chatting with the innkeeper for a long time yesterday, Zhong Wen finally got a rough idea of ​​the layout of Chang'an City.

Although the east and west markets are both called square markets, the things they buy and sell are different.

For example, in the West Market, most of the items sold are commonplace items, whereas in the East Market, they sell either jewelry or some novel items.

Zhong Wen definitely wanted to take a look at Dongshi, but he had to wait until he went to Zongzheng Temple to change his certificate before making any plans.

"Taoist Master, you are not allowed to come here. Please leave quickly."

When Zhong Wen arrived at the imperial city, some patrolling soldiers wanted to drive Zhong Wen away.

"Pindao came to Zongzheng Temple to change my certificate. If you don't let me in, how can I change my certificate?"

Zhong Wen understood that the Imperial City was where the civil servants and generals worked, so naturally not everyone could enter.

Firstly, the identity needs to be checked, and secondly, it is an important area and there are many more soldiers on patrol than other places.

"Bring the certificate over and let us examine it."

A school captain approached Zhong Wen and said.

Afterwards, Zhong Wen handed over his copy of the certificate, but the handwriting was a little blurry, which made the captain feel very strange.

But fortunately they knew how to read and had the seal of Lizhou, so they finally allowed Zhong Wen into the imperial city.

Zhong Wen was troubled by this incident and never tired of it.

Nothing was done, but I did a lot of checking. Not only did I waste time, but I looked at myself as if I was staring at a thief, as if there was some treasure in this imperial city that could be stolen.

After a while, Zhong Wen came to the gate of Zongzheng Temple.

"The Nine Principles of Pindao are from Longquan Temple in Lizhou. They came here this time to replace the ultimatum."

Zhong Wen said to the soldier who looked like a guard at Zongzheng Temple, so as not to have to check his identity again.

"Taoist Master, please go in. Someone will help you with it."

The two soldiers were very polite and went directly to Zhong Wen to enter Zongzheng Temple.

Zongzheng Temple is actually an institution that manages the royal family genealogy. Of course, it also governs the payment of ultimatums by certain Taoists, such as the royal Taoist priests. Of course, the payment of ultimatums by other ordinary Taoists is not in this Zongzheng Temple.

In the temple.

As for the monks, they are currently not under the jurisdiction of Zongzheng Temple. At least until the Wu Zhou period, all matters regarding the status of monks will be handed over to Zongzheng Temple.

It is said that this Zongzong Temple was originally responsible for the affairs of the royal family. When Li Shimin came to the throne, there were many relatives and relatives of the royal family. There were members of the Li family, as well as some relatives of the emperor and others.

The identities of all these people must be registered and managed by this sect temple.

Of course, although the identities of the three royal clans are managed by the Zongzheng Temple, the identities of the three clans and the relevant people will not be stored in the Zongzheng Temple, but in other places. As for where they are stored.

It is estimated that it can only be stored in the palace city. After all, this is the identity of a person within the three royal families, and it does not belong to anyone else.

In the early Tang Dynasty, there were three provinces, three stations, five prisons, six ministries and nine temples.

This Zongzong Temple is one of the nine temples.

The Zongzong Temple that Zhong Wen came to, and the temple officials and so on, were naturally from the Li family, and others probably didn't believe Li Shimin.

After all, the things here are all information about his Li family members and relatives.

As for the young minister of Zongzheng Temple, he is an outsider, but his power is limited. It is equivalent to just putting on a name and coming here to answer a job, such as recording the salaries of some relatives of the emperor.

Naturally, the genealogy of the Li family's royal family cannot be controlled by outsiders. When outsiders come to serve in this sect's main temple, they probably only do it for outsiders to see.

"Excuse me, official. Pindao is from Longquan Temple in Lizhou. He is here to change the ultimatum. Who should I contact to handle it?"

Not long after Zhong Wen entered Zongzheng Temple, he stopped an official and asked.

"You are a member of the Taoist sect. You should go to the Department of Rites and Temples to apply for it. Why did you come to my Zongzheng Temple to change the certificate?"

The official who was stopped was confused by Zhong Wen's question.

As a Taoist, you can naturally go to the Ancestral Department of the Ministry of Rites to change the ultimatum, so why did you come to Zongzheng Temple?

"Ah? Isn't it done at Zongzheng Temple? I thought it was done at Zongzheng Temple. Excuse me, I'm going to the Department of Rites and Temples."

Zhong Wen was also confused by this explanation.

His master told him that he wanted to come to the Zongzheng Temple in Chang'an to change his certificate, but the officials of the Zongzheng Temple asked him to go to the Department of Rites and Temples to apply for it.

Zhong Wen wondered whether the name of the organization had been changed or something. He didn't have any big ideas about this kind of thing. He just had to go to the Department of Rites and Temples to change it.

Then, after exiting the gate of Zongzheng Temple, he turned to the Department of Rites and Ancestral Temple.

"We can't replace your ultimatum here. You have to go to Zongzheng Temple to replace it."

When Zhong Wen came to the Department of Rites and Ancestral Temple with his certificate, the official in the hall directly asked Zhong Wen to return to Zongzheng Temple to replace the certificate.

"I just came from Zongzheng Temple. They asked me to come to the Department of Rites and Temples to change. How come I came to you and pushed me to Zongzheng Temple? I have to explain the reason."

Zhong Wen didn't know what was going on, so he changed the order and pushed it back and forth, making himself look like a fool.

"Taoist Priest, your ultimatum is special and you are not under the jurisdiction of our Department of Rites and Temples for the time being. Therefore, please go to Zongzheng Temple."

The official was very polite and told Zhong Wen that the ultimatum in his hand was special and asked Zhong Wen to return to Zongzheng Temple.

"Special? What's so special?"

When Zhong Wen left the Temple Department of the Ministry of Rites, he had two big heads and no idea what was special about the certificate in his hand. Even the official, he didn't explain it to Zhong Wen.

Zhong Wen read the ultimatum several times, but still didn't understand what was special about this ultimatum.

Except for the bright red seal of Lizhou Prefecture, everything else seems to be basically the same as usual, nothing special at all.

"Official, I'm here to bother you again. Just now, I took this certificate to the Department of Rites and Temples, and the officials there told me that my certificate can only be replaced at Zongzheng Temple. They said it was something special.

If you don’t want to replace it, just give it a look.”

After Zhong Wen returned to Zongzheng Temple, he saw the official again and handed over his ultimatum directly so that he could see what was going on.

Just changing a ultimatum requires so much trouble. Don’t you know that time is money?

"Um?"

The official felt strange after hearing this, and then took Zhong Wen's ultimatum and looked at it.

"That's right, your ultimatum was definitely not replaced at Zongzheng Temple. Have you been deceived by them, Taoist Priest?"

After the official looked at it carefully, he didn't think there was anything wrong with it, and he didn't think there was anything special about it.

"But, I just went to the Department of Rites and Temples, and the official said that they wouldn't handle it for me, so I could only come to Zongzheng Temple. How about you go and ask your superiors?"

Zhong Wen also didn't believe this official. After watching this for a long time, he still insisted on his own idea. He thought it would be best for him to ask their superiors.

"Okay, Taoist Master, please stay here for a while, and I'll go ask."

The official was polite when he arrived, took the ultimatum and left, trotting inside. He was probably thinking about what was so special about this ultimatum.

Not long after, an elderly man came over with many officials, and in his hand was Zhong Wen's copy of the ultimatum.

"Are you Li Daoling's disciple of Zhenren Li?"

The old man didn't ask aloud until he approached Zhong Wen and looked at him for a long time.

"That's what a poor person is."
To be continued...