Chapter 56 The Fortunes of the Tang Dynasty
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Time flies, does not stop for anyone, like a pig-killing knife, black fungus, purple grapes, wilted cucumbers, soft bananas. But for children, it is a small bird, replaced by a big eagle. The first year of Zhenguan quietly left, and Li Er's first year in power had a good start.
In the second year of Zhenguan, Shangyuan Day. The curfew can't help it, and the people of Chang'an celebrate this traditional festival. Li Er took the Manchu Dynasty civil and military to a small courtyard in the northwest corner of Chang'an City, where lived Yuan Shoucheng, the head of the three great teachers of the Tang Dynasty.
Although Li Er is scornful of this set, but the people of the Tang Dynasty believe it, as long as the people believe in this set, then as their emperor, should he satisfy the little insignificant wishes of these kind people? Since it is not yet possible to give them food and clothing, it is also excellent to give them a dream of a prosperous age!
Northwest of Chang'an City, Xiuzhenfang, a shabby courtyard. Yuan Shoucheng, the head of the three great teachers of the Tang Dynasty, and his nephew Yuan Tiangang lived here, and at this time, in the center of this small courtyard, a small case was built, and the incense and candles were all on it. Li Er and a group of civil and military ministers stood in the courtyard, and Yuan Shoucheng and his nephew and assistant Yuan Tiangang stood in front of the case.
"The sky is above, the Sanqing patriarch blesses! Today, there is the mortal emperor Li Shimin, praying for the guidance of the heavens, and the disciples will be on the table on behalf of the heavens, and may the patriarch of the Sanqing Dynasty give tips and guidance! Yuan Shoucheng was dressed in a Taoist robe, washed a little white, and his beard was flamboyant. Flying in the morning light, it is very bit of fairy wind bones. The old face full of wrinkles was also drenched in sweat. I had a long performance before, and he was tired of this old bone. But this matter can only be done by himself. Although Yuan Tiangang can also make it, his name is not right, he is still too young.
Pick up the peach wood sword on the table, this thing has been passed down from generation to generation by the ancestors, and they have always been in the same lineage, unlike other Taoist sects, which accept disciples, and this generation is just him and Yuan Tiangang. The peachwood sword flickered through the flame of the candle in front of him, and the yellow paper he was wearing on it was lit by the flames. But it doesn't burn slowly like ordinary paper. Instead, it burned violently into a ball of fire.
Yuan Shoucheng waved the fireball, stepped on the seven-star steps, one step at a time, and slowly rose from the ground, as if walking on an invisible step.
"Today, I pray for God's mercy and bless me with good weather in the Tang Dynasty! Shangguoshu! As soon as Yuan Shoucheng's voice fell, Yuan Tiangang stepped out of the crowd, holding a piece of yellow paper in the style of folding in both hands. Above is the book of the Tang Dynasty written by Li Er himself, the whole article is splendidly decorated, and the rhetoric is gorgeous. It can be said that every word is fine, but it will still be burned at this time. If this thing is passed down to future generations, it will definitely be a national treasure.
The yellow paper was held by Yuan Tiangang's hands, and the fireball in Yuan Shoucheng's hand was played by him for a while. With a slam of the sword, the fireball fell. shot towards Yuan Tiangang and ignited the national letter in his hand.
The ceremony went on for a long time. Yuan Shoucheng can be described as a desperate performance, he knows that this emperor is a strong person, if he doesn't have some ability, he can't be satisfied, so the light body kung fu of stepping on the snow at the bottom of the box without a trace has been used, if he can't satisfy Li Er, then Yuan Shoucheng has nothing to say.
"The national teacher has worked hard! I wonder what God has instructed? ”; Li Er, Yuan Shoucheng took a breath of relief, and then stepped forward and asked.
"Returning to Your Majesty, the guidance of the heavens is confused, and Weichen can't figure out the reason for a while, but it is an indisputable fact that the prosperous era is coming." Yuan Shoucheng gasped and replied, he is old, close to ninety years old, he is jumping and jumping, even if he has good martial arts, he can't stand it.
"Oh! So when will the national teacher give an accurate answer? Li Er was not satisfied with Yuan Shoucheng's vague answer.
"This, Your Majesty, please forgive Weichen for his courage, the prosperous era is coming, and there will be a disaster! I wonder if Your Majesty is ready? These three disasters are unavoidable! Yuan Shoucheng said to Li Er with a solemn face.
"What do you mean by that?" Although Li Er knew that Yuan Shoucheng was actually fooling, he couldn't help but care, because he wanted to be a Ming Jun through the ages, and this so-called peaceful and prosperous era had always been his dream.
"Your Majesty, you have already survived a catastrophe, do you still want to say it?" Yuan Shou was sincere.
"You mean the Weishui Alliance?" Li Er's face changed, and the ministers behind him also changed their complexions, this secret can be described as taboo, I didn't expect this Yuan Shoucheng to dare to find out, it's really fatal, you must know that the eldest grandson Wuji took this history as a warning in the previous year, indicating that the treasury was empty. hoped that Li Er could change the 30 taxes to 1 15 taxes to support the Datang treasury and various construction needs, but Li Er was fined for half a year.
"Yes!" Yuan Shoucheng smiled, this was not what he said, but Li Er himself, it was not a taboo.
"What kind of calamity is this?" Li Er didn't believe it.
"The three calamities are divided into heaven, earth and man, and this one was considered a human tribulation before, then the next will be the earth tribulation, and finally the heavenly tribulation." Yuan Shoucheng flickered as much as he could, he didn't believe that there would be no natural disasters or earthquakes in the years that Li Er had been in power, as long as it appeared and caused losses, then he was right.
But what Yuan Shoucheng didn't expect was that he was really right, Li Kuan, who was standing in the corner, was very helpless and forgot about this old god stick, it seems that this old thing does things well, as long as these words are blunt, they can always be said, but Li Kuan knows that there will be a natural disaster soon, and it cannot be regarded as a natural disaster, which fully meets the standards of the so-called earth tribulation, that is, the locust plague.
According to historical records, in the second year of Zhenguan, 27 states in the world, the locust plague swept most of the land of Guanzhong. The losses caused are incalculable, Taizong has been guilty of his own edict, praying for mercy from God to solve this misfortune.
Is this a blind cat meeting a dead mouse? Li Kuan slandered in his heart, but he had to remind Li Er, because if he wanted to lead the army to conquer the Quartet in the future, he would inevitably be inseparable from Li Er's support, and now was the time to add impression points. How can such an opportunity be missed?
Li Er left Yuan Shoucheng's courtyard with a large group of ministers with complicated faces, and returned to the palace, all the way he was thinking about the credibility of Yuan Shoucheng's words, but the result was that he didn't dare not believe it, and couldn't find a reason to refute his disbelief, he believed that he would be a good emperor, and believed that the country would flourish under his rule, but natural disasters and man-made disasters would never appear because of his own cultural and martial arts, so he needed such an excuse to comfort the people under his rule, Let them believe that it is not because of Li Er's immorality, or perverse behavior, that the heavens warn. will not arouse public anger because of this, the more he thinks about it, the more he feels that Yuan Shoucheng has found a good excuse for him, an excuse for him to justify in case of an unfaceable disaster, and the civil and military officials who went with him today are the best witnesses. And there are many of them who are members of the family with five surnames and seven hopes, as well as people from the Yan family who specialize in making living notes for the emperor, although it is not Mr. Yan Zhitui, but his son Yan Shigu, but this inquiry about the national fortune, how can the living note be written, so Yuan Shoucheng's theory of the three disasters has become a foregone conclusion.
Back in the palace, Li Er was not in the mood to discuss politics, he didn't ask for good news today, which made him a little tired, but he still relied on his temperament to listen to the noise of the ministers below, this place suffered a small landslide, and the household department needed to allocate two silver for disaster relief. These bits and pieces always make these ministers quarrel non-stop, I really don't know what to hesitate about, the disaster relief appropriation is, what household has no money, and the treasury is empty? Then it will not be funded, or it will be a small landslide! And not in the critical part.
Li Er made a decision to send troops to help the victims rebuild their homes, but the household department allocated funds, and the treasury really ran out of money.
Who knows, as soon as he said this, he was pushed back, and he looked at it: it was Wei Zheng, this subordinate before Li Jiancheng, who had mentioned several times that he wanted to kill Li Er first, this guy was very talented. But it couldn't make Li Er give up his intention of killing him, who knew that Wei Zheng would also find a chance to live.
This also starts with the compilation of the "Clan Chronicles", which was compiled by the family headed by the Qinghe Cui clan, and was officially completed in the last month of the ninth year of Wude. But when it was handed over to Li Eryu, it made Li Er furious, why? Because of his royal Li family, the queen's eldest grandson family is all listed as a third-class family, this is a slap in the face of Chiguoguo! Li Er couldn't wait to attack on the spot and kill all these Zitian slaves, but the shape was stronger than the people, so he had to issue an order to list the royal family as the first and the eldest grandson as the second.
But those big families didn't agree! Why? Your Li family sits on the country, but what does your family have? What can be the result of the sinicization of the Hu people? Which of these big families has not experienced a hundred years of ups and downs, and it has not produced countless amazing and brilliant people to lay a solid foundation for the family heritage, and why can your royal family live above us? Is it just because you sit on the throne? Then we push you down, then you are nothing!
Both sides are tough, and neither is willing to budge first. This also gave Wei Zheng, who was still in custody in the prison at the time, a unique opportunity, and he didn't know how to use it to get people to help him spread the news, saying that he could make those Shandong families recognize the status of the Li family, but in exchange for his life.
Li Er didn't want to have a stalemate with those big families, and now Datang still had to rely on these families, and he couldn't completely tear his face until he had to, so he agreed to Wei Zheng's request, not only did not kill him, but also invited him into the court.
Wei Zheng also knew that he could not become Li Er's confidant, so he decided not to be a loyal minister, but to be a direct minister, and when he saw that Li Er had done something wrong, he jumped out and admonished each other bluntly, never shy away from it, and never gave Li Er face, it was like this, Li Er really decided to keep this guy, and someone pointed out his mistakes at any time, which is a happy thing, if he could save some face for himself as an emperor, it would be better. But this is just Li Er's extravagant hope, and Wei Zheng is unlikely to save face for him. (To be continued......)