Chapter 36: The Siege and Abdication

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When Li Shimin arrived in Luoyang, Hongling from all over the country hurriedly made the war report finally complete, after the eldest grandson Wuji statistics, a total of 15 million strictly trained Chinese troops from all directions entered the Tang realm in an orderly manner, such as mountains of grain, grass and ordnance enough for the people of the Tang Dynasty to use for a month. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 infoAfter reading the battle report, Li Shimin's hands trembled a little. "Ke Mingcheng doesn't deceive me, and the number of generals is much more than that of the people of the Tang Dynasty. I underestimated Huaxia and underestimated King Xia. Alas! Someone came, passed on my message, and I agreed to all the conditions of Huaxia, called the minister to pay tribute, bowed to the coffin, and chased the first evil." "Your Majesty, never!" The eldest grandson Wuji felt that a great disaster was coming, and hurriedly knelt down to admonish.

"I have made up my mind, so I need to say more. Stand down", Li Shimin waved his hand weakly and asked the Yellow Gate to take Changsun Wuji and the others out of the hall. Ouyang Xuan was sitting in front of Li Shuning's coffin at this time, sitting blankly, and he didn't dare to tell the two children the bad news. Especially Ouyang Yan, Ouyang Xuan could see the kind of love and happiness in his eyes. Ouyang Xuan also believed that he still had that indelible memory in his mind. In order to be afraid that the two children would know, he deliberately asked Xu Yuan and the school to take a leave of absence, and took the two children on a cruise ship to watch the live-fire exercises of the Indian Ocean Fleet and the Pacific Fleet, and learned how to command the Central Fleet by the way.

As Li Shimin's order reached Kyoto, the negotiations went exceptionally smoothly, and Huaxia's conditions were almost unconditionally obeyed. Ouyang Xuan's request to delay time could not be implemented. Even some excessive demands, such as the expansion of Jiaodong County to the Laiwu line, were unconditionally agreed, and there was only one demand, and Huaxia quickly withdrew its troops from the Tang Territory. Although Peng Fei knew about the tricks they were playing, he could only delay the time for the time being on the pretext of asking Ouyang Xuan, who was directing the exercise on the ocean. Five days later, under the operation of a perfect logistics system, the speed of China's advance was markedly accelerated. Chang'an surrendered without a fight, Hangu Pass has not yet started the war, that is, the switch to offer the city, Xian Yushun and Linghu Zhang's division and Yanmen Pass, both entered the pass at the fastest speed and Shan Xiongxin soldiers and horses almost at the same time under the Luoyang City, at this time Huang Tingzhong's army has advanced by land and water to the Bishui Pass, along the way to capture the pass, because there is no logistics support concerns The speed is also unusually fast. At that time, the Yellow River was more abundant than it is now, deep and clear, and Huang Tingzhong chose inland river ships to swim up the Yellow River. Because of its wide area, the speed of the Southern Route Army's march was relatively slow. Feng Lang's march was relatively slow due to logistical reasons, but with complete control of Hebei Province, he echoed Huang Tingzhong and was stationed here as a temporary logistics channel.

Luoyang City is now surrounded by a sea of soldiers again, a total of three million soldiers are coming to the city, Li Shimin looked at the boundless military camp at the head of the city, cold sweat flowed, the eldest grandson Wuji is now paralyzed as mud, he wanted to suppress Huaxia, and then crack down on political dissidents, but he didn't expect that killing chickens would not be a backlash against a handful of rice. The crown prince and the king of Wei are dead, and the young Li Zhi is the only prince who can inherit the throne, and the day when he will dictate the dynasty will not be far away, but at this time, because of his own misjudgment, his future was ruined.

The day after the soldiers arrived in the city, the sun was shining, it was spring, when everything was recovering, and the tired birds returning to their hometowns flew through the sky, if there was no war, this time should be the busy season for farming. With Xian Yushun's order, the horn of attack was sounded. In four directions, eight city gates were covered by rocket artillery and artillery fire almost simultaneously, and for half an hour, all the city towers collapsed one after another. In addition to the soldiers and horses who continued to besiege the city, nearly a million troops entered the city along the gap, and there were originally nearly 150,000 soldiers and horses in the city, but in the face of such a large army, they all obediently chose to surrender, and the whole process ended with almost no decent battle. When Xian Yu Shun soldiers arrived in the imperial city, Li Shimin took the civil and military officials to kneel and bow in front of the palace gate, holding a letter of surrender and asking for surrender. Xian Yushun ignored Li Shimin, this problem was left to Ouyang Xuan, what he was looking for was the eldest grandson Wuji and his family, this guy who made Yulin Jun grit his teeth with hatred. Shan Xiongxin quickly found the eldest grandson Wuji and his three sons who served in the court, and through the interrogation of other officials, the eldest grandson Wuji's mansion in Luoyang was also confiscated by the soldiers, and the children, wives and concubines were all escorted to the palace gate. Xian Yushun didn't bother to talk nonsense, and directly ordered to behead the wife and concubine of the eldest grandson Wuji's children in front of Li Shimin, who was still kneeling, and the eldest grandson Wuji's five horses. After taking his head and disposing of it, he was boxed and sent to Chang'an, in front of Li Shuning's coffin. Sent Li Shimin and his concubine's children to the prison and waited for Ouyang Xuan's disposal. Now, as long as the governors who entered the Tang realm had the slightest dissent, they could build a new dynasty, but no one did it, not even the idea, but began to slowly withdraw troops step by step.

Xingke Qiu Ke Intelligence Technology Taixue Gang Ke Yu reappointed Li Mu as the Grand Sima of the General Administration of the Army, Hu Tan, the Governor of the Navy, Zhao Tuo, the Governor of the Army, and Zhao Liang, the Governor of the Air Force, responsible for the training of all branches of the armed forces and the reserve of materials. Xian Yushun served as the governor of the Western Military Region, Zhou An served as the governor of the Xiazhou Military Region, Huang Tingzhong served as the governor of the Lingnan Military Region, Feng Lang served as the governor of the overseas military region, and Ling Huzhang served as the governor of the headquarters military region. Hua Ying served as the governor of the Yulin Army.

Five days later, the peace talks finally came to an end, and Li Shimin accepted almost all the conditions put forward by Huaxia. Jiaodong County expanded to Laiwu, Xintai, Feixian, Linyi, and Haizhou in the west, and was bounded by the Yellow River in the north to Changqing in the west. Bohai County south to Macheng (now Macheng Town, Luannan County, Hebei) seaside, and later generations, because of climate reasons east of Macheng is still on the seabed. It stretched to Yingzhou (now Chaoyang City, Liaoning Province) in the west, Kobeju in the north, and 100 miles south of Pyongyang in the east, and was close to the Goryeo Dynasty that defeated Li Shimin and was defeated by Feng Lang. It doubled the size of the two counties. If it weren't for the fact that the geology of the Yangtze River estuary was too loose, Ouyang Xuan would even want to bite off another piece of meat there and set up a county. According to the peace agreement, the Tang Dynasty was an independent vassal state of Huaxia, and the Tang king called the Huaxia Emperor the Holy Emperor, and he was to pay homage to the monarch and ministers.

After reaching the army under the peace agreement, the various departments withdrew from the Tang realm one after another, and the generals such as Shan Xiongxin escorted Li Shimin back to Chang'an, and ordered Huzhang to lead the army east into Jiaodong County and then return to the station. Feng Lang and Huang Tingzhong led the troops to retreat to the newly revised border, and organized manpower to jointly fund the construction of a new permanent Great Wall border with the national treasury and Shaofu, using high-pressure lava technology, cast as a single instead of rammed earth and stone, and at the same time rebuilt the western part and the Great Wall of Lingnan, Kangzhou, and Qiangzhou according to this plan.

Li Shuning's coffin was parked on the altar at the entrance of the Zongmiao in Chang'an City, and the head of the eldest grandson Wuji and thousands of warriors from Dongying Mountain Gate hung around the altar, giving people a gloomy feeling. After Li Shimin led the ministers to kneel in front of Li Shuning's coffin and wept loudly, he bowed three times and bowed nine times, and read a gorgeous sacrificial text written by Shangguan Yi, posthumously calling Li Shuning the eldest princess of Pingyang, entering the temple, the temple number Hong, and posthumously sealing Li Shuning as the history of Danzhou Thorn. At the end of the worship ceremony, Li Shimin knelt down on his knees in front of the spirit and handed it to Xian Yushun, who gave three bows.

According to Ouyang Xuan's instructions, Xian Yushun did not stay in Chang'an too long, and withdrew back to Tianshui Pass with the coffin of Li Shuning and the head of the eldest grandson Wuji. It was only at this time that Li Shimin was relieved, looked at the distant army, and said helplessly: "In this battle, there is no respect for the Central Plains." "Your Majesty is not really, although Huaxia is strong. There will also be weaknesses, looking for their weaknesses and attacking them, chaotic their country, and it is bound to decline. Slowly, do not rush in. The people are willing to win with foreign enemies, and the public will self-destruct when they encounter internal enemies," Fang Xuanling said.

Keming went back to write a charter and passed it on to future generations as the emperor's teachings. I am powerless to do it in this life, if I am like the King of Xia, I will definitely be able to win the land of China." Li Shimin said regretfully.

Five days after Feng Yuanke's reluctance to take the test and hated the most yang enemy, the peace talks finally came to an end, and Li Shimin accepted almost all the conditions proposed by Huaxia. Jiaodong County expanded to Laiwu, Xintai, Feixian, Linyi, and Haizhou in the west, and was bounded by the Yellow River in the north to Changqing in the west. Bohai County south to Macheng (now Macheng Town, Luannan County, Hebei) seaside, and later generations, because of climate reasons east of Macheng is still on the seabed. It stretched to Yingzhou (now Chaoyang City, Liaoning Province) in the west, Kobeju in the north, and 100 miles south of Pyongyang in the east, and was close to the Goryeo Dynasty that defeated Li Shimin and was defeated by Feng Lang. It doubled the size of the two counties. If it weren't for the fact that the geology of the Yangtze River estuary was too loose, Ouyang Xuan would even want to bite off another piece of meat there and set up a county. According to the peace agreement, the Tang Dynasty was an independent vassal state of Huaxia, and the Tang king called the Huaxia Emperor the Holy Emperor, and he was to pay homage to the monarch and ministers.

Li Shuning's funeral in Huaxia was simple and grand, looking at the anger in Ouyang Yan's eyes, Ouyang Xuan was very worried. The cemetery was selected next to the mausoleum of Ou Yangui in Tiancheng County, the same style and pattern, Ouyang Xuan took the two children to guard the mausoleum for another three years, in these three years, the education of the two children was almost Ouyang Xuan alone, he didn't want outsiders to interfere, and the local Hutu people ate and lived together, Ouyang Xuan almost poured out the knowledge in his head, Ouyang Xuan's comprehension ability was poor, and he only remembered a rough idea, but Ouyang Yan almost absorbed and accommodated. In the past three years, the two children have also received training that is higher than the training standard of the Yulin Army, and a set of Ouyang Xuan's 700 years of continuous improvement of Taijiquan, Taiji Sword and very practical fighting techniques have also been handed over to the two children.

In June 644, Ouyang Xuan, who had completed the period of guarding the mausoleum, returned to Kyoto with two children who had grown up, and after the examination in July, Ouyang Yan entered Huaxia University, and Ouyang Yan continued to study in middle school. Ouyang Xuan reformed and adjusted the country again, appointed Ma Zhou as prime minister, removed the prime ministers of various regions, amended the constitution again, and made a clear division of labor and permanent marks for the two levels of parliament. The army has been readjusted, the establishment has been simplified, and reforms have been made on the basis of the original military ranks, and non-professional soldiers have been set up: private, sergeant, private, regular, and still soldier, and they will be promoted by year, and Chinese men who are over 18 years old must complete five years of service before the age of 30, and the first three years will study and train in the newly established National Guard, and the last two years will enter the border guard training and service, and the professional soldiers will be set up: corporal, sergeant, sergeant, ser The officers are set up in order: second lieutenant, lieutenant, captain, major, lieutenant colonel, colonel, brigadier general, major general, lieutenant general, general, and general. The readjustment of the military establishment is in the order of division, corps, team, battalion, regiment, division, and corps, with the team being the basic combat unit and the officer being the lieutenant; The regiment is the basic tactical unit, the officer is the major, the division is the basic combat unit, the officer is the brigadier general, the army is the campaign unit, the officer is the lieutenant general, the general is the governor of the military region, and the general is the chief Sima of the General Administration of the Army. 15 men, 44 divisions and below, 61 men in 1 army, 250 in 1 team, 1,300 in 1 battalion, 5,000 in 1 regiment, 21,000 in a division, and 50,000 in an army. The military region and the armed forces were readjusted, and the border guards, national guards, navy, and air force were set up, and the military regions were reorganized into the Western Military Region, stationed in Shuzhou, Muzhou, Zhanzhou, Xingzhou, and Yinzhou; Xiazhou Military Region, stationed in Shazhou, Fuzhou, Suzhou, Qiangzhou, Kangzhou, Tibet, Xinzhou and Jinzhou; The headquarters of the military region, stationed in Burma, Vietju, Gyeonggi, Massachusetts, Songzhou, Australia; The Lingnan Military Region is stationed in Yunnanzhou, Guizhou, Qianzhou, Guangdong, and Minzhou, and overseas military regions, garrisoning Jiaodong County, Bohai County, Yanghe County, Sinai County, and other overseas territories.

Li Mu was reappointed as the chief Sima of the General Administration of the Army, Hu Tan, the governor of the navy, Zhao Tuo, the governor of the army, and Zhao Liang, the governor of the air force, to be responsible for the training of all branches of the armed forces and the reserve of materials. Xian Yushun served as the governor of the Western Military Region, Zhou An served as the governor of the Xiazhou Military Region, Huang Tingzhong served as the governor of the Lingnan Military Region, Feng Lang served as the governor of the overseas military region, and Ling Huzhang served as the governor of the headquarters military region. Hua Ying served as the governor of the Yulin Army.

At the same time, the title of the head of each county was changed to the title of prime minister to distinguish it from other counties. Through the edict, opinions on the addition and revision of laws were solicited from all over the country, and more than 400 laws were formulated and amended, covering all aspects of the people's lives and almost the entire social life. At the same time, legislation encourages afforestation, especially in tropical desert areas and cities, and it is strictly forbidden to cut down trees in non-rotational areas, because the application of graupel energy and the improvement of science and technology have reduced the felling of domestic natural resources, and new methods have been used in metal smelting, reaching the point of no pollution. Huaxia still adopts a policy of closing the country to the outside world, strictly prohibiting the outflow of scientific and technological products and prohibiting foreign students.

Li Shimin, who was bent on revenge, also fought hard, single-mindedly reformed, reused a group of businessmen who had been with China all the year round, and also encouraged the abolition of Confucianism, advocated the contention of a hundred schools, and encouraged the innovation of things. The military system was reformed, the military system was implemented in imitation of Huaxia, the imperial examination system was reformed, the examination institute was established, and the targeted scientific examinations were carried out every year following the example of Huaxia. Military and political tactics were used to suppress wealthy families in various places, and tax and supervision mechanisms were used to restrict land annexation. The land sub-fiefdom system was abolished and replaced with a fictitious feud.

In the end, I Fantong followed Li Shimin's order to Kyoto, and the negotiations went very smoothly, and the conditions proposed by Huaxia were almost unconditionally obeyed. Ouyang Xuan's request to delay time could not be implemented. Even some excessive demands, such as the expansion of Jiaodong County to the Laiwu line, were unconditionally agreed, and there was only one demand, and Huaxia quickly withdrew its troops from the Tang Territory. Although Peng Fei knew about the tricks they were playing, he could only delay the time for the time being on the pretext of asking Ouyang Xuan, who was directing the exercise on the ocean. Five days later, under the operation of a perfect logistics system, the speed of China's advance was markedly accelerated. Chang'an surrendered without a fight, Hangu Pass has not yet started the war, that is, the switch to offer the city, Xian Yushun and Linghu Zhang's division and Yanmen Pass, both entered the pass at the fastest speed and Shan Xiongxin soldiers and horses almost at the same time under the Luoyang City, at this time Huang Tingzhong's army has advanced by land and water to the Bishui Pass, along the way to capture the pass, because there is no logistics support concerns The speed is also unusually fast. At that time, the Yellow River was more abundant than it is now, deep and clear, and Huang Tingzhong chose inland river ships to swim up the Yellow River. Because of its wide area, the speed of the Southern Route Army's march was relatively slow. Feng Lang's march was relatively slow due to logistical reasons, but with complete control of Hebei Province, he echoed Huang Tingzhong and was stationed here as a temporary logistics channel.

In 648 A.D., after four years of development, the Tang Dynasty developed by leaps and bounds, because of the blockade of China, the Tang envoy selected by the Dongying people chose to risk death to take the middle road of the East China Sea into the Tang Dynasty. Li Shimin's desire for immortality has also reached a state of obsession, and he has secretly sent people to dig up the ruins of Zhongnan Mountain to find the secret of immortality, but they all failed.

In the past four years, Ouyang Xuan has almost anesthetized himself with work, learning new technologies, revising the law, training the army, participating in parliamentary discussions, educating two children, participating in military technological innovation, and so on. Time may be a good medicine, Ouyang Xuan gradually regained his composure, no longer so anxious and irritable.

In 649 AD, Li Shimin finally died on the elixir because of his greed for longevity. The crown prince Li Zhi ascended the throne, and Li Zhi at this time was completely different from Li Zhi in history, at least he was much healthier, which also benefited from the medicine imported from China and scientific exercise methods, which continued Li Shimin's policy, continued to suppress the powerful and denigrated Confucianism. At the same time, he also carried out his own reforms, sent envoys to Huaxia, and tried his best to invite the three uncles to return to China to serve as kings, and Li Yuanjia, who has now been elected governor of Shazhou, directly refused the invitation and returned the seal ribbon to the envoys. Li Lingkui, who served as a senator, also refused the invitation, Li Yuanqing and Li Yuanliang returned to the Tang Dynasty with the envoys, Li Yuanqing was named the king of Wei, and served as the left servant of Shangshu Province, Li Yuanliang was named the king of Zhao, and he was appointed as the secretary of the Ministry of Labor, and he was a bachelor of Tai College. In 650, Li Zhiyi, as recorded in history, took back the martial arts from Ganye Temple and became a concubine.

In 655 AD, Ouyang Yan, who had graduated from university and completed his military service, and Ouyang Yan, who had just graduated from Kyoto University, were named the crown prince and the princess of Aocheng by Ouyang Xuan. Ouyang Yan used his own strength to obtain the ordinary staff of the Military Industry Administration of the Ministry of Industry, and Ouyang Yan took over the Charity Federation.

A.D. 663, April, Ouyang Xuan Zen and Ouyang Yan. Ouyang Yan, who had already gotten rid of the independent control of the hail energy, said sadly after Ouyang Xuan's abdication: "Father, when Erchen took extreme risks to break through the barrier and become the son of his father, it was the most correct thing that Erchen did in his life. Thinking of that night in the wilderness of Chang'an, there are no regrets in this life."

Feng Budi was too skilled and hated Feng Duji Taiyuan, and Li Mu was appointed as the Grand Sima of the General Administration of the Army, Hu Tan, the Governor of the Navy, Zhao Tuo, the Governor of the Army, and Zhao Liang, the Governor of the Air Force, who was responsible for the training of all branches of the armed forces and the reserve of materials. Xian Yushun served as the governor of the Western Military Region, Zhou An served as the governor of the Xiazhou Military Region, Huang Tingzhong served as the governor of the Lingnan Military Region, Feng Lang served as the governor of the overseas military region, and Ling Huzhang served as the governor of the headquarters military region. Hua Ying served as the governor of the Yulin Army.

"Now that my son is the lord of China, don't forget the common people, in the past life you were my humerus, in this life you are my eyes, no matter who it is, it is the fate of this life to protect the common people in the world. Your mother once told me that if you want to live a life as a commoner, why not. Take care of your sister, she's just a mortal, find a good husband for him. I'll hand over my sword to you, I hope you can take my Yulin Army and the Chinese soldiers", after saying that, Ouyang Xuan took off the meteoric iron sword and handed it to Ouyang Yan's hand, along with a beautifully carved gold jade jade seal. With these two things, Ouyang Yan can be regarded as the real master of Huaxia, where would Ouyang Yan, who has the memory of his previous life, not know what this means, and immediately knelt on his knees, raised his sword and jade seal over the top, and said in a loud voice: "The son of the minister will not dare to grant this heavy trust, please ask my father to take back his fate." When the sons and daughters are at fault, the father and the emperor can correct the mistakes by holding these two things, after all, there are lessons from Prince Mao in history. My father is a sword, hanging it on my head, and I don't dare to make a mistake."

Ouyang Xuan nodded, took back the sword and seal, packed up his belongings, and disappeared into Kyoto with the White Wolf Phoenix Emperor, this time except for Hua Ying, Li Mu, Peng Fei, Zhong Zhao, Huang Tingzhong and others, no one knew where Ouyang Xuan went.