Where there is no competition, there will never be great progress, whether it is a person or a country, once the spirit of competition is lost, then it is not far from the end of the game.

The current Datang has a little meaning, and the external strong enemy no longer exists.

Turkic and Tibetan, these two are the strongest at the moment, weren't they still beaten to the ground by the Tang Dynasty in just a few years?

If it weren't for the fact that the Western Regions were too far away and were not suitable for immediate incorporation into the mainland, I am afraid that it would have become the mainland of the Tang Dynasty at this moment.

And the only thing left is Goguryeo, a guy who is barely a strong enemy.

It is said that he is strong because Goguryeo's geographical advantages are too powerful, and Yang Guang's three expeditions to Goguryeo were all defeated in the complex terrain of Goguryeo, which eventually led to the fall of the Sui Dynasty.

In history, Li Shimin also conquered Goguryeo several times, but in the end he was unsuccessful, and he was also defeated in the complex geography.

Now, Yi Yuanji will also enter the ranks of the conquest of Goguryeo.

It's just that the difference is that whether it is Yang Guang or Li Shimin in history, the conquest of Goguryeo is not for political reasons, a large part of it is for the so-called face.

Yang Guang felt that he had lost face if he didn't fight it once, so he would fight it a few more times, and he must beat it down, but Goguryeo was still there, and the Sui Dynasty died.

Li Shimin thinks that where Yang Guang can't beat it, I will definitely beat it, doesn't this prove that I am better than Yang Guang?

In the same way, Li Shimin's conquest of Goguryeo, ostensibly to prove that he was better than Yang Guang, was actually trying to change the current world's perception of himself.

Because, when Li Yuanji was in later generations, he once watched "Li Shimin's Entry into the Underworld".

This is a work similar to later literature, unearthed in the Mogao Grottoes of Dunhuang, and its main content is to describe the story of Li Shimin being interrogated by a judge in the yang world, asking him why he imprisoned his father in the harem, killed his brother in Xuanwumen, and Li Shimin's alteration of the historical records.

In particular, the section of the history book is recorded in different places and in different documents.

Why did Li Yuanji's first reaction when he came back from crossing over was to run? To a large extent, it was influenced by "Li Shimin's Entry into the Underworld", according to the description in the book, Li Shimin had already controlled Li Yuan before the Xuanwu Gate, otherwise, with Li Yuan's iron-fisted methods, even if he didn't know in advance, it was impossible not to hear the shouts of killing that day, and as long as the emperor stood up, who else would dare to continue? Do you really think that Li Jing, Li Shiyun and others, who remain neutral, are vegetarians?

A work similar to literature does not represent the whole story, but at least it can show that the people are still more disgusted with the Xuanwumen incident, and they are also more disgusted with Li Shimin, even if he becomes the emperor, there are still many people who hate him.

The other indirectly shows that what is recorded in the history books is not true, because during the Tang Dynasty in history, many people found out what made no sense, and raised doubts, speculated and compared, and finally came up with this statement.

It should be noted that the ancients were not modern people, and even if they were similar literary works, their thinking could not be as wild as that of later authors.

All creations are based on reality, to summarize in the words of later generations, that is, Journey to the West reflects that those who have a backstage have survived, and those who have no backstage have been killed by Sun Wukong.

The Water Margin reflects the official coercion and civil rebellion, as well as political mediocrity.

Dream of Red Mansions, it's good to have money, but you don't have money to die......

Judging from the support of the people for himself since Li Yuanji ascended the throne, it at least proves that those speculations are true, and at least proves that the people have no good impression of Li Shimin.

Well, digression again.

The next thing Li Yuanji has to do is to continue to develop, and then defeat himself and set up an imaginary enemy for himself.

If not, it is appropriate to provoke internal competition, but this competition must be reasonable and have no consequences.

It must not be like the confrontation between the Japanese army and navy during World War II, so it is also a good choice to give the Confucian sect a chance to start over, or even give them a chance to join the cabinet.

At the very least, it can spur other factions to work harder to use their talents.

After solving the problems of Confucianism and solving the problems he encountered at the moment, Li Yuanji finally breathed a sigh of relief.

It's been so smooth over the years that I've started to be a little arrogant.

Although it was right to suppress Confucianism, those actions were a bit excessive, not only hurting the enemy, but also hurting themselves.

However, what satisfies Li Yuanji the most is the restrictions on the family.

The family has now become a complete business family, although it is still a giant in business and its influence is still not small, but in politics, it is almost impossible to see the family.

Of course, it is not that the children of the family are not allowed to enter the ranks, but they must pass the imperial examination, and the previous method is no longer effective.

Let a person who has been studying Confucianism since childhood go to the imperial examination? There may have been some hope in the beginning, but now......

I'm still waiting twenty years.

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Since the matter of immigration, Li Yuanji has rarely gone to the harem, not because he doesn't want to go, but because he doesn't have time to go.

All day long is full of thoughts about how to solve this problem and how to eliminate this hidden danger.

Now that the problem has been solved and his worries have been put down, Li Yuanji feels as if he is a little tired, and it is obvious that the emperor is not happy to sit by himself.

Who said that if you sit on the emperor, you must be happy? Because I didn't want to be too busy and make myself a workaholic, I proposed the cabinet system, which dispersed more things to the cabinet and let them argue, and only made the final decision.

But even so, there are more and more things throughout the day.

It stands to reason that everything is busy at the beginning, and when it stabilizes later, it will become more and more leisurely.

But when I got to Li Yuanji, everything was reversed, although I was busy at the beginning, I could at least guarantee that I had more than eight days of rest every month, and now, it would be good to have four days a month.

Lying on a rocking chair made of bamboo, covered with thick cushions, it is very soft, and even in the summer, you still don't feel warm in the palace.

And architecture is such a wonderful thing, in the summer, the tiled house can always be very cool.

Queen Yang was behind her, pressing Li Yuanji's temples, rubbing them gently, and there was a thick smile on her face.

The slightly bulging lower abdomen made his face full of happy expressions.

Li Chengguang, Li Chengze, and Mi'er, who are now pregnant with their fourth child.

In the blink of an eye, a family was restored to its former image, the only difference was that the sons who should have grown up were no longer there, and died in that abominable battle.

"You can also sit down and rest, and if you are pregnant, you will not have to worry about these trivial things anymore." If he just felt that Yang's beauty was very attractive to him at the beginning, then after a few years of life, Li Yuanji has completely regarded her as his wife.

The two have been through hardships together, and now they are also enjoying common wealth, and the Yang family's dignified generosity is also very satisfying to Li Yuanji for the means of dealing with harem affairs.

At least in the past few years that she has been the queen, she has never heard of any disputes in the harem, nor has she heard of any concubines in the harem being bullied by others.

Yang just smiled slightly, knowing that Li Yuanji couldn't see it, but she still smiled, looking like a loving little couple, if it weren't for the words that were said next, the painting style would have been very beautiful.

"Your Majesty hasn't been to Concubine Ya for a while, has he?"

"It's been a long time since I've been there......," Li Yuanji thought for a while, and said disapprovingly.

Concubine Ya is the Qinghe she brought from Luozhou that day, Qinghe is her stage name in the Red Mansion, and when she came to the palace, that stage name was naturally not suitable for continued use, so she used her real name back.

But a woman's name is very taboo, and she will not mention it to anyone except her parents and husband.

Of course, in addition to Li Yuanji, the queen also knows, but she will not go around to publicize it.

"The concubine went to chat with Concubine Ya's sister a few days ago, and found that she was a little depressed, and the concubine asked people to ask again, these days she has read more than a thousand books in the palace, and the concubine thinks that since His Majesty brought her back, she must find a time to accompany her, at least, let her have a support in the palace, right?" Yang reminded vaguely.

What else can you do but be obscure? Although she is the queen, although she is an old husband and wife, she still has to save face, and she can't point to the emperor and say, you went to sleep with the old lady tonight?

Of course, the role of the empress is only to manage the harem, and at the same time, it must also communicate with the emperor on behalf of the harem.

I have to say that Qinghe's luck is relatively back, until now, the number of times she has been in the same room with Li Yuanji can be counted with one hand, and according to the rules formulated, she has not been drawn once, what can she do? It's desperate.

Life in the palace is not at all what she imagined, want to talk about literature with the emperor? Just look at the emperor's busy appearance all day, how can he have time to do this?

Moreover, Empress Changsun turned out to be a member of the harem, which surprised Qing He, but Empress Changsun is still relatively talented in literature, so in the palace, the relationship between Qing He and Empress Changsun is the closest, but Empress Changsun deliberately alienated her, and the reason is known to everyone.

The Yang family didn't give her small shoes because of this, no, with the help of this opportunity, he also promoted Qinghe in front of Li Yuanji, so as not to let the emperor snub her.

"I'll go to Concubine Ya tonight!" Li Yuanji nodded, he did snub her a little, but he couldn't help it, he immediately remembered the purpose of his trip, and continued to ask, "How is Chengguang's study?" ”

"The elementary textbooks have been learned, and the concubine communicated with the teacher, and the teacher felt that the primary textbooks would still be the main ones in three years, but some others could be added, and the intermediate textbooks would be studied when he was ten years old." Speaking of Li Chengguang, Yang is a light on his face.

This kid has an extremely smart head, he started studying at the age of six, and now he has just passed his seventh birthday, and he has completed all the elementary textbooks, which is very surprising, and the answer to the torture is also the first word.

Of course, this has something to do with the previous learning experience, starting to learn literacy and some simple knowledge at the age of five.

"Well, let Chengguang go to Concubine Ya to find me tomorrow morning, and tell the teacher that Chengguang won't go to class tomorrow." Li Yuanji thought about it and commanded.