Chapter 961: Supreme Emperor
On March 4 of the first year of Pinghu in the Tang Dynasty, the Tang Emperor issued the third "Killing Hu Order" in Chang'an, the capital of the Tang Dynasty, and the third "Killing Hu Order" was only 14 words:
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In just three months, Tang Dou led his 'divine soldiers' to attack everywhere, successively conquered Luoyang, Kaifeng, Yecheng and other places, Hu Zhao Emperor Shi Zun died unexpectedly, Shi Manmen was destroyed, except for the prince Shi Yan in the north, none survived, Hu Zhao announced his demise, and the Hu people scattered all over the Central Plains fled north.
'Divine soldiers' is the name of the Hu people for Xie An's eighty-seven soldiers and Sima Yao's female soldiers.
The gods are everywhere, and the Hu people are extinct.
With the collapse of the Zhao court after the Hu people in Jiangbei, a large number of Han people crossed the river from the south of the Yangtze River to the north, participating in the ranks of chasing and killing Hu Gou, and there were more Han people who missed their homeland and moved back to their hometown in Jiangbei, in just over a month, the number of Han people in Jiangbei increased by as much as 300,000 households and 2 million people, and with the gradual stabilization of the situation in Jiangbei, the number of Han people crossing the river to the north is still growing.
In the history of Tang Dou, this period of history was recorded by later generations as 'the southern crown and the northern return', which formed a sharp contrast with the 'southern crossing of the cloth'.
In April of the first year of Pinghu in the Tang Dynasty, in order to curry favor with the powerful Tang Dynasty, the Xianbei Murong clan of the northern king of Yan took the initiative to send troops into the northern region occupied by the original Hu Zhao to intercept and kill the Qiang people who fled north, and the number of the Qiang people who died under their robbery reached as many as 1.8 million, among which Shi Yan, the prince of Hu Zhao, was also besieged and killed by Murong Jun.
Murong Jun, the king of Yan, sent his eldest son Murong Ye to Chang'an with the jade seal seized from Shi Yan to present the Tang Emperor.
Tang Dou asked Murong Ye to beat him out of Chang'an, and the jade seal that Murong Ye brought was originally a Chinese inheritance, so Tang Dou naturally detained it unceremoniously.
Looking at the familiar heirloom jade seal in front of him, Tang Dou shook his head and smiled bitterly, this may be the most valuable treasure in this era, but unfortunately, the heirloom jade seal has returned to his hands in the descendants, and now this heirloom jade seal no longer needs to be brought back.
Tang Dou looked at the 'Great Wei Shou Han Chuanguo Seal' engraved by Cao Pijia on the left shoulder of the jade seal of the country and the 'Heavenly Mandate Shi' engraved on the right shoulder, laughed, looked at Xie An in front of him and ordered: "An Shi, the whole army, prepare to send troops to Yandi to exterminate Xianbei." ”
Although the Xianbei Murong clan has not yet caused trouble in the Central Plains, it is difficult to erase an old account they have left in history, and this time Tang Dou found an excuse to simply destroy them together.
Murong Ye, who was covered in bruises, was loaded into a carriage by his subordinates and returned to Yan Kingdom, Murong Jun was furious when he saw his son's tragic condition, and gathered 120,000 troops to swear to defeat the Tang Emperor.
In May, in the battle of Wudinghe, Murong's 120,000 Xianbei army was annihilated by the Tang army in one fell swoop.
Subsequently, Tang Dou took the opportunity to send troops to recruit the Xiongnu Tuoba clan that occupied the northern part of present-day Shanxi, Shanxi, and the Tuoba clan collapsed at the touch of a button and retreated outside the Saiwai.
In August, Sima Yao, the left minister of the Tang Dynasty, led an army to extinguish the Han regime established in Chengdu by Li Xiong, the leader of the Di tribe, and there was no war in Jiangbei.
The five nomadic peoples who occupied the Central Plains and Bashu for decades have been expelled from the Central Plains or even exterminated, but this decades-long disaster may take longer to recover.
However, it is gratifying that the Hu people in Jiangbei are extinct, and the Han people who were forced to move to Jiangnan for refuge have returned, especially the Tang Dynasty has implemented a benevolent government of compassion for farmers, and the economy of Jiangbei has begun to recover slowly.
This period of time is a long time, but for Tang Dou, it is the result of his great compression, in reality, Tang Dou only took less than a week to complete all this, as for the government affairs of the Tang Dynasty, Tang Dou completely delegated power to Xie An. Sima Yao, the two prime ministers, will take care of it.
In October, Tang Dou issued an edict, announcing that a general election would be held for the Tang Emperor, the prime ministers and ministers, this system is implemented every five years, and the elected officials can be elected for two consecutive terms.
Hearing this edict, tens of thousands of people gathered in front of the palace gate of Weiyang Palace in Chang'an, begging the Tang Emperor not to leave, and the news that the Tang Emperor was about to leave was also quickly spread.
Xie An, the left minister, Sima Yao, the right minister, and the officials of the court went to various places to appease the people, saying that the Tang Emperor was an immortal in the upper realm, and naturally he would not be greedy to be an emperor in the mortal world, but the Tang Emperor promised that he would never give up on the Tang Dynasty and would come back to visit everyone at any time.
At the beginning of the second year of Pinghu, Datang held its first unique general election based on the principle of fairness, justice and openness.
The election results were announced, and Xie An, the left minister, was elected as the emperor of the Tang Dynasty by an overwhelming majority, and Sima Yao was elected as the right minister, responsible for commanding the army, and there was no change in his position. Huan Wen originally thought that the position of the left minister of the Tang Dynasty belonged to him, but he did not expect the election results to be announced, but the person who was elected as the left minister of the Tang Dynasty was Xie An's wife Tong Bingwan.
However, because Tong Bingwan is the queen, she is not allowed to participate in governance, so she has to resign from this position and be elected separately.
The results of the second election were announced, and Huan Wen was so depressed that he almost hit his head against the wall.
Huan Wen's second brother Huan Yun won Huan Wen by a narrow margin and was elected as the left minister of the Tang Dynasty.
A series of subsequent personnel appointments were elected by the people, creating the first democratically elected era in Chinese history, but this era is not recorded in any history books, only in the history of Tang Dou.
Xie An swore in the position of Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, and hundreds of officials presented a letter of all the people, Xie An declared the Tang Emperor as the permanent emperor of the Tang Dynasty, and was honored as the 'Supreme Emperor', implying that there was no emperor above the Tang Emperor.
Tang Dou did not participate in Xie An's enthronement ceremony, but he was very satisfied with the election results.
According to historical records, Xie An can be regarded as a rare Ming minister in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, if it were not for his support, I am afraid that the Eastern Jin Dynasty would have collapsed long ago.
Now that the Tang Dynasty is in the hands of Xie An, Tang Dou believes that he will definitely be able to create his own brilliance.
However, to Tang Dou's surprise, after Xie An was elected as the second emperor of the Tang Dynasty, Xie An's friend Wang Xizhi actually resigned from the post of Jiangzhou Assassin of Ningyuan, the general of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and traveled thousands of miles north to join Xie An.
Xie An came to ask Tang Dou for his opinion with a sad face, and asked how to settle Wang Xizhi.
Tang Dou smiled and only said: "Wang Xi's character is written well, but he is a little narrow-minded, so you can use it yourself." ”
Because of Tang Dou's words, Wang Xizhi was appointed as a scholar of Wenyuan Pavilion University in the Tang Dynasty, and his official position was quite high, but he didn't have much real power in his hands, and only managed some things that made Wang Xizhi depressed for a long time.
Finally ending the messy affair, Tang Dou smiled and instantly traveled back home.
Although this result is not satisfactory, it is also an explanation for the Wuhu Chaohua era that the Chinese people hate to the core.