Chapter 35: Shocking Earthquake
The first year of Yonghui was the first year after Li Zhi ascended the throne. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
There are thousands of pots of daisies in the Tai Chi Palace, and although the flowers have not yet opened, a few golden and slender petals have stretched out from the bud fingers, and soon, the entire Tai Chi Palace will be submerged in a golden and heavy fragrance of flowers.
This is Li Zhi in order to pay tribute to the former emperor Taizong Li Shimin, and specially let the Shanggong Bureau place it.
Twenty-two years old, wearing a yellow dragon robe, Li Zhi, the Son of Heaven with a slightly tired face, stood on the magnificent Taiji Hall, which symbolized the supreme power of the Tang Dynasty, and there was a trace of concern on his pale face.
When the sun was in the sky, the afternoon bell in the palace had already sounded, and he walked slowly to the courtyard, Li Zhi picked a chrysanthemum that had not yet opened, put it to his lips and sniffed it, and a faint fragrance entered his nostrils.
He couldn't help but think of his father Li Shimin, who had just passed away, and the thrilling battle for succession with his eldest brother Li Chengqian and fourth brother Li Tai.
A gust of wind blew, ten thousand chrysanthemums moved, and scenes from the past flashed in front of Li Zhi's eyes, as if they were very close and as if they were far away......
A chill came with a gust of wind, Li Zhi shivered, and only then did he wake up from the memories of the battle with the princes for the succession and how he ascended to the throne, and he felt that he had been standing here for a long time, as if he had been standing for many years......
Now that the dust has settled, he has won the throne without a fight, and he is undoubtedly the biggest winner.
When there was no one in the long night, I often asked myself, which few words did Li Tai, the king of Wei, intimidate him not to compete with him for the throne, really scare himself?
Why did he behave so fearfully in front of his father?
Why did he rush to learn the words of King Wei threatening him to his father?
Did he really do nothing on the way to the throne?
He knew in his heart that it was nothing more than that he was doing more cleverly, and others could see it.
After he was established as a prince, he paid more attention to protecting himself, and the original old officials came to assist him, and he was useless, and showed to the world and to his father that he was determined not to be selfish, so he won the admiration of Li Shengqian of the old East Palace and Li Tai, the king of Wei, and sincerely supported himself until his father died, and he successfully became the emperor.
In the final analysis, I don't argue with my words, but in fact, I still have quite strong expectations for this throne in my heart, but I am more forbearing, more modest, more subordinate, and more able to hide my emotions than the late crown prince Li Chengqian and King Wei.
"Your Majesty, the queen asked to see her, saying that she had something important to report to Your Majesty."
Wei Shun'an, a deacon and eunuch of the two dynasties, interrupted his musings.
Queen Wang was born in the northern Wang clan - Taiyuan Wang, born in a famous family, born beautiful, noble as the queen, mother of the world, but the only regret is that Li Zhi was not able to give birth to a son and a half daughter, the so-called "unfilial piety has three, no queen is the greatest", this matter is somewhat unhappy for Li Zhi.
Hearing that it was Queen Wang who asked to see him, Li Zhi was a little unhappy and thought:
It's not going to be another reason to get my favor. But after all, it was the queen who asked to see her, so she still asked Wei Shunan to pass her on to see her.
Dressed in a red phoenix crown and phoenix robe, the queen with a solemn and beautiful face walked into the Taiji Palace with the support of the palace maid, and saw Li Zhi hurriedly kneeling:
"The concubine has seen Your Majesty"
Li Zhi asked:
"I don't know what the queen has to do when she comes to the Chenglu Palace?"
The queen said:
"Today, Yongcheng County Commander Liu Wen sent a letter to the concubine's uncle Liu Zheng, the letter said that there will be an earthquake around Jinzhou and Yongcheng County in the near future, after learning this letter, his uncle Liu Zheng went to the palace and said that he was in a dilemma with the concubine, and the concubine was also in a dilemma, and reported it to the emperor, there was no one who could predict the earthquake in the past dynasties, and he did not report it to the emperor, after all, this matter is related to the life and death of the people in the two places, and he thought about it again and again, for the sake of the people, the concubine is still entrusted to the emperor, please make his own decision."
Li Zhi was also shocked when he heard this, Jinzhou was the land of Longxing of the Tang Dynasty, and it was also the fief of his own Jin Dynasty, and an earthquake occurred when he just ascended the throne, which was really a bad omen.
So he asked Wei Shun'an to quickly go to pass Liu Zheng and Li Chunfeng, the contractor of the Taishi Bureau, to come to the audience.
After a while, Liu Ji and Li Chunfeng brought.
"Liu Aiqing, the matter of the earthquake depends on the sky, and it is not predictable to people, I don't know how Yongcheng County Ling Liu Wenzhi knew that there was going to be an earthquake in Jinju and Yongcheng?
Li Zhi asked.
Liu Zheng hurriedly said:
"It is a young man named Anhe who watched the sky and learned that the Liuxian order was reported to the minister, but the minister knew that this matter was a bit unbelievable, how could people predict the will of heaven, but which Liuxian order was conclusive, Liu Wenzhi was a cousin of Weichen, the minister knew that he was usually a cautious person, if it was not determined that there would be an earthquake, the minister thought that he would not dare to rashly report to the minister, Rao is so, the minister does not believe it, if it is a lie, please ask the emperor to forgive the minister for the crime of bullying the king."
Li Zhi turned his gaze to Li Chunfeng:
"Li Aiqing, your Taishi Bureau is in charge of astronomy, geography, calendar-making, and history-revising. Can it be measured that there will be seismic anomalies in Jinju and Yongseong?
Li Chunfeng is currently the general of the Taishi Bureau, and is proficient in astronomy, calendrical calculations, and yin and yang.
As early as the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, he was named a general by Taizong Li Shimin.
The reason is that the calendar used in the early Tang Dynasty was the "Wuyin Yuan Calendar" compiled by Fu Renjun, which had certain defects, and Li Chunfeng made a detailed study of it and proposed revisions.
In ancient times, the compilation of the calendar was a specialized science, and it was difficult for ordinary scholars to pay attention to it, and Li Chunfeng was only in his 20s when he proposed the revision of the "Wuyin Yuan Calendar", which naturally attracted people's attention.
He was also rewarded for this, and was awarded the title of Shoshiro, who joined the Taishi Bureau, and began his career as an official astronomer.
At the beginning of June of the twenty-second year of Zhenguan, there was a celestial phenomenon in Chang'an City where the Taibai star repeatedly appeared during the day.
Based on this, Li Chunfeng divined the divination of "After the third Tang Dynasty, the heroine Wu family has the world".
When Taizong learned of this, he was extremely worried. For this reason, Li Chunfeng was secretly summoned to inquire whether there was really such a celestial phenomenon.
Li Chunfeng said:
"The ministers look up to the celestial phenomena, look down on the calendar, their people are already in His Majesty's palace, but thirty years, when the Li Tang Dynasty is obtained, the descendants of the Tang Dynasty are killed, and the omen is complete."
Taizong asked again: "I want to kill all the suspected people, what do you think?"
Li Chunfeng replied:
"Heaven has commanded it, and man cannot disobey it. The so-called king does not die, and kills innocents in vain. And thirty years from now, he will be old, and if such a person has compassion, it may be relatively shallow to cause trouble. If this person is found and killed now, God may send a younger person to the next world, and when he arrives, he is afraid that His Majesty's descendants will all be killed! ”
After this secret talk, although Taizong did not put the idea of "killing all the suspects" into action, his superstition about rumors and celestial phenomena increased, and he paid special attention to the fact that Queen Wu would replace the Tang Dynasty, which became a major heart disease, laying the groundwork for Li Junxian's unjust case in the future.