September 16 of the thirteenth year of Datang Tianbao.

A round of red sun rose from the east, sprinkling infinite light, shining in the majestic and magnificent Chang'an City, and the chaotic scene of the night finally passed.

Last night, the Feilong Forbidden Army and the Tiance Cavalry, under the leadership of Li Sheng, Bai Xin, and Yang Nan, went around to arrest Yang Guozhong and his party, took over the defense of Chang'an City, suppressed Jin Wuwei, Tianwu Army, confiscated Yang Guozhong, and Wuyang's family property, and the movement sounded for half a night, and even the two million gentry and people in Chang'an City were so shocked that they didn't sleep for half a night.

Then after dawn, the door opened, and all the people opened a pair of red eyes like rabbits, and asked about last night's events when they saw people, but overnight, the Tang Dynasty had changed the emperor, and the Kaiyuan Heaven and Earth Dabao Shengwen Shenwu Xiaode Daoist Emperor (Li Longji's honorific name) abdicated, and the crown prince Li Heng ascended the throne!

The situation changed too fast, so that everyone couldn't react, when the notice was posted, the Feilong Forbidden Army, Tiance Cavalry, and the officials of Jingzhao Mansion and Chang'an Wannian County announced the news one by one, many people had an extremely unreal feeling, and their mouths opened in a daze, you look at me, I look at you.

With a light word, this is a change of emperor? Are you kidding!

Then the news was quickly confirmed, at the end of the day, all the officials above the fifth grade in Chang'an City, and the envoys from all over the country were called to the Hanyuan Hall to participate in the enthronement ceremony, and then went to the Taimiao Temple to worship, and the people of Chang'an finally believed in this fact, but they still felt indescribably incredible.

"The Emperor Taishang was so angry that he fainted before, why did he suddenly agree to the Zen position?"

"This Lanling King...... Now it's King Yan, and he has really done such an earth-shattering thing...... But how did he do it? ”

"You don't know yet? That Yan Wang was an immortal disciple, and in the middle of the night, he suddenly flew up with wings on his back. Flew from the sky into the Daming Palace...... Then he took the Tiance cavalry all the way to the emperor...... Emperor Taishang was the son of peace for forty years. Where have you ever seen this......"

"King Yan is such a hero. Isn't it time to change your surname in this world...... How is the Emperor Taishang now......"

"Nonsense, the emperor is tired of political affairs, so he passed on the crown prince, how can he be coerced and imprisoned......"

It was not until Li Longji, accompanied by Li Heng, Li Qi, and Xiao Quai, did not go to the city and went to Danfeng Gate from Daming Palace to Xingqing Palace, and met with the people of Chang'an in Xingqing Palace, that all kinds of rumors gradually stopped. The hearts of the people began to settle down.

After that, the attention of the two million people of Chang'an was attracted by Yang Guozhong's party raiding the house, more than 50 million goods, gold and silver treasures, which simply dazzled people's eyes, and scolded Yang Guozhong one by one for bringing disaster to the country and the people, and the crime should be cut with a thousand knives.

Unexpectedly, Yang Guozhong was extremely a confidant, but he was only sentenced to beheading one by one. The bullying and arrogant Wuyang (Quan, Qi and the families of the three ladies of Han, Qin, and Yu) only sentenced one family member to be fine. It disappointed many people in Chang'an.

However, soon after, An Lushan, Tian Qianzhen, Gao Xiuyan, Zhang Tongru and other Youzhou rebel leaders were escorted to Chang'an, where they were executed by Ling Chi in Danfengmen Square, and more than 3,600 knives were slashed alive.

On this day, the entire Chang'an City can be described as an empty alley, more than half of the people went to watch the execution, competing to eat the meat of An Fat Man raw, and some people started business, a piece of An Lushan's minced meat was sold for up to 500 silver coins, but some market gangsters made a fortune!

In any case, the culprit of this demon star who troubled the Tang Dynasty finally suffered the trial and punishment he deserved, and soon after his death, Xiao Quzhi, Li Sheng, Ma Sui, Cao Xueyang, Guo Ziyi, Li Guangbi, Nan Jiyun, An Sishun, and Ge Shuhan led their respective armies to completely quell the rebellion of the Youzhou Army, killing more than 50,000 enemies, and the rest surrendered as slaves, and what awaited them was the fate of dying in the coal mine.

The senior leaders of the Youzhou Army, Cai Xide, Tian Chengsi, Ashina Congli, Niu Tingjie, Xiang Runke, and others committed suicide in fear of crime, Shi Siming and more than a dozen henchmen fled to Huifu, were arrested by Yidijian, and sent to Chang'an to be chopped alive, so far the Youzhou rebellion was completely quelled, and the problem of Huhua in Hebei was also solved by the roots.

Datang took this opportunity to start from Hebei Province, and gradually organized all the Hu tribes in the territory to gather the people, the Hu people in Hebei Province were naturally trembling and trembling, while the Hu tribes in other regions were panicked and restless, and began to connect privately.

On the other side, Japan was still fighting fiercely, and the Tang Army, the two largest strongholds in Japan's Koshu Gold Mine and Iwamiyama Silver Mine, had been defending the city for more than a month. Therefore, when Guo Ziyi, Li Guangbi, An Sishun, Ge Shuhan and others continued to lead troops to clear the remnants of the Youzhou rebels, on September 29, Xiao Quai, together with Cao Xueyang and Ma Sui, boarded the East China Sea Fleet with 15,000 Tiance veterans and 30,000 soldiers in Hebei Province to conquer Japan.

At the same time, the Qingxin Tea Society and the Datang Post Newspaper, which belonged to the Four Seas Trading Company, began to use the rebellion of the Youzhou Army as an introduction and launched extensive discussions.

Topic 1, why are the Hu people attached to the Tang Dynasty always rebellious, and what policy should be adopted to treat these plundering alien ~ races, as well as the relatively moderate alien ~ clan in the south?

Topic 2: Should the emperor's power be restricted, and what should the emperor do if he insists on corrupting the world?

There was a fierce debate on the opinions of all parties, but in general, it was the students of Tiance Academy who slowly gained the upper hand, and their voices became more and more people's ears, resonating and being recognized:

First, treating the Hu people, organizing households and people, developing the local economy, and improving their living conditions are only low-level means; The reason why they rebel and plunder is that the key lies in the difference in culture and way of thinking, and the fundamental method lies in the power of education, the promotion of culture, and most importantly, the sense of cultural identity!

Second, imperial power must be limited, and the emperor has the highest administrative decision-making power, but specific affairs should also be entrusted to Shangshu Province; The world, the world of the people, everyone with a Tang household registration, his personal life and private property should be protected by the Tang Dynasty court according to law!

By extension, if we want Datang to truly achieve long-term peace and stability, we must create and promote a spirit and a culture.

Patriotic spirit: the world, the world, the world, the Tang belongs to every Tang people! The people of the Tang Dynasty. It is the best in the world. The most exalted. The most hard-working, brave and self-confident, and at the same time the most comfortable people, all because of so many people, the formation of Datang, an incomparably strong country! Therefore, every Tang person should love this country, serve the Tang Dynasty (from serving the king to serving the Tang Dynasty), and defend the Tang Dynasty; And proud to be a Tang person, and proud!

Tang Dynasty Culture: Proud and confident, high-spirited, pioneering and enterprising, eclectic, tolerant and big! Every Tang person should have a Chinese dream, one. Datang protects the life and property safety of every Tang person, and every Tang person should get a better life through unremitting efforts. The prosperity of the two is not easy to come by, but it is too simple to destroy, the crisis is hidden, and the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty needs to be guarded by every Tang person!

Because of these discussions. It was initiated and organized by Xiao Quzhi and Li Qi, compared to others. In addition, in the past two years, Tiance Mansion has received a large number of poets and high-level intellectuals such as Li Bai, Du Fu, Gao Shi, Wang Changling, etc., and has a huge influence among all scholars, so this kind of thinking spread by Tiance Academy has become more and more deeply rooted in the hearts of other students, children of families and other cultural elites.

But there are always exceptions, and Fang Xuan, the squire of the Constitutional Department (i.e., the Criminal Department), and Liu Zhi, Li Yi, Deng Jingshan, Song Ruosi, and others, who are students of Hetai, are extremely scornful of this theory of Tiance Academy. They call friends every day, hold high meetings, and talk loudly about state affairs, which is quite famous for a while, and there is a faint tendency to compete with the Tiance Mansion in public opinion.

With a sound of "dang", the arrow was accurately thrown into the right ear of the pitcher, and in the Xiaoxiang Pavilion of Pingkangfang, Liu Zhi laughed.

"Liu Gongzi is so powerful, he won another game, if it goes on like this, Li Gongzi and Deng Gongzi will be drunk by you." The red flower named Liu Xuan'er next to her smiled and shouted, and behind Liu Zhi, the seven Tai students who came with him picked up the wine and drank it all.

At that moment, there was the sound of someone walking downstairs.

"There will be no seeds, men should be self-reliant, I am ready to go to Tiance Mansion to join the army, do any of you want to go with you?"

"I heard that the requirements for the selection of warriors by the Tiance Army are high, not only to be good at riding and shooting, but also to be able to bear hardships and stand hard work, obey discipline, and also require a heart to serve the country......"

The voice gradually faded away, Liu Zhi's smile faded suddenly, and he looked up at the sky at a forty-five degree angle, and then let out a long sigh.

Liu Xuan'er on the side said: "Why did Liu Gongzi sigh. ”

Liu Zhi shook his head slightly with an expression that you are a woman in the Qinglou, and the merchant girl does not know the hatred of the country, and you will not understand it if you say it, and said to several fellow students: "This living Wang Mang!" ”

They naturally understood what the people downstairs meant, it turned out that Xiao Qubing and Li Qi felt that there were too few cavalry in the Tiance army, so they recruited a large number of brave men who were good at riding and archery to join the army, preparing to train a pure cavalry team, so as to completely sweep away the Hui in the future, and fight all the way to Dashi to prepare.

In the past, he was afraid of Li Longji's suspicions, so he wanted to do it but couldn't do it, but now that Xiao Quzhi and Li Qi are in power, they naturally have no scruples, but in the eyes of Liu Zhi and others, it is Xiao Qubing who is cultivating private soldiers.

As soon as he said this, other people also felt it, and they talked about it: "The wolf's ambition is obvious, persecuting the Taishang, controlling the government, privately accumulating armor soldiers, and manipulating public opinion to create a momentum for its usurpation of power!" ”

“…… I never thought that Wang Manghuan Xuan's generation would actually meet the Tang Dynasty! At that time, Wang Mang was a corporal, honest and frugal, fair and selfless, and was respected as a saint by the people of the world, but in the end, he still usurped the Han. This King Yan is acting now, and he is almost the same as Wang Mang, but he is afraid of this Tang Dynasty...... Ay! ”

"What about Wang Mang, in the end, he will not die and die and the clan will be wiped out, after ten thousand years, there will still be infamy, what will happen to this Xiao Qu's illness, I will just wait and see!"

“…… Now that the power of the Holy Monarch has fallen, it is the time for our generation to come forward, and the Day of the Righteous Death is ...... today I only hate to be full of talent and ambition, but I can't appreciate it and have nowhere to show it...... Otherwise, with the talent of rank, how can you allow that Xiao to go sick and jump off the beam! ”

A group of people were talking violently and indignant, and Liu Xuan'er on the side was simply stunned - this group of people is so bold to attack King Yan like this......

In fact, the ancient Qinglou women, especially the popular top cards of the high-end Qinglou, were carefully taught by the best teachers since childhood, piano, chess, calligraphy and painting. Writing poetry and doing it is all about it. It's only when you really talk about it that you learn. In fact, it is only higher than the average student.

Thinking of the few sour, tactful and sad poems made by these people for a long time, as well as some so-called statecraft remarks, Liu Xuan'er couldn't help but laugh in her heart - a group of sour people who can only write empty books and talk loudly, if you want to be appreciated, it is really strange!

However, when everyone was talking about it, Liu Xuan'er watched coldly. I heard the sound of horses' hooves, but I came directly from the cross street to the Xiaoxiang Pavilion, and in an instant, I saw two knights who looked like a eunuch and a long servant dismounted and walked up to the attic, and they were actually coming towards Liu Zhi.

"Are you Liu Zhi, Li Yi, Deng Jingshan, and Song Ruosi too many students? The waiter has something important to do. ”

Fang Shilang is Fang Xuan, who has been a good student since he was a child, and was rewarded by Zhang Shuo and Zhang Jiuling, the prime minister of the Kaiyuan Dynasty. It is like a generation of Wenzong, and it is very famous.

After Lee Hyung's accession to the throne. He has been imprisoned for so many years, naturally he has no henchmen, the right minister Li Xian is the third person in Tiance Mansion, the first person in political affairs, Wei Jiansu is also very good at looking at the style, and Li Heng's own ability is limited, so at the beginning, Li Heng was almost elevated.

However, although Fang Xuan is essentially a nerd, he only has a straightforward and stubborn energy, and has repeatedly criticized Li Xian, Li Qi, and Xiao Quzhi and others, plus he has a long reputation, so he was reused by Li Heng and became a confidant.

Seeing that the eight students rushed away with the two of them, and vaguely heard what the saint summoned or something, Liu Xuan'er on the side was finally completely stupid this time, these eight students were stupid to read and read sour Xiucai, this is really appreciated, and it will be reused?

Monstrous absurdity......

In the evening of the same day, in the imperial city (south of Taiji Palace, where the six departments of the three provinces work), the crown prince, Shangshu Zuocheng Li Qi and Zhongshu Ling Youxiang, who had been busy for a day, were having dinner.

During this time, both of them were busy, Li Longji ignored the government for many years, Li Linfu was jealous and jealous during the period, there were no outstanding talents in the court, and many things had to be done by Li Linfu, a workaholic, so there were many things backlogged;

After Yang Guozhong took power, it was completely chaotic, breaking all the rules, all procedures, and things in the court and politics were the same as playing, but the Dugi Road side was used to doing things rigorously and orderly.

During this time, the two of them were busy sorting out the work of the central~central~government~ government of Datang to put it on the right track, so many times, the two even had to work overtime at night.

At this moment, it was a rare free time, and while the two of them were eating, they were talking all over the world, and Li Qi said with great interest: "...... According to the master, the master has a way to use the electricity in the lightning in the sky, and there will be hundreds or thousands of uses at that time......

One of the simplest and most practical uses is called the telegraph, and Master said that the principle of the telegraph (Morse Express) is actually very simple, but it must first have electricity...... Maybe it can be developed in half a year at the earliest, and even if it is thousands of miles away, it will be able to transmit information ...... instantly. ”

Li Xian listened quietly, he was already a little surprised by what Xiao Quzhi said about the new things, he also heard Xiao Quzhi and Li Qi talk about railways and trains, and he looked forward to the train more than the telegram.

I heard that the king of Lanling has prepared to set up a project to arrange people to develop the so-called steam engine, which turned out to be a five-year project, and the reserve allocation is 6 million; Also, after the beginning of spring next year, the two fleets will sail east and west at the same time, saying that they will circle the earth, and preparations are already underway......

Since following this Xiao to get sick, he has been working hard, but when he thinks that what he has done is a great cause that has never been done before, he feels that this hard work is nothing.

At this moment, Li Tianxi, the head of the Tiance Mansion's spies, walked in quietly, with a look of urgency, Li Xian asked, "What's wrong, what's going on?" ”

"It's not Your Majesty and Fang Xuan, today they summoned Liu Zhi, Li Yi and a group of Tai students to plot a big thing. Also, Li Fuguo also sent someone to secretly buy Yuan Chongnian and plot against him. ”

Li Tianxi said it vaguely, but how did Li Qi and Li Xian not know about this so-called major event, that is, after His Majesty became the emperor today, he could not hold the power alone, and he was depressed in his heart, intending to abolish Li Qi and deal with Tiance Mansion.

After hearing this, Li Qi was stunned for a moment, and then laughed again: "Then Liu Zhi can be appreciated and reused by His Majesty?" ”

"Liu Zhi and several people were greatly appreciated by His Majesty, and were awarded the positions of assistant to the Constitutional Department (Criminal Department), a member of the Constitutional Department, and a secretary of the provincial school."

Li Xian's brows furrowed. Now the Tiance Mansion has initiated a discussion to limit the power of the emperor. But now Your Majesty is doing it. But it is completely inconsistent with legal procedures. But he is the emperor after all, and now most of the things in the court and politics are done by himself and Li Qi, which has already set him up a lot, and the emperor already has a lot of opinions about himself...... It seems that this matter can only be settled.

On the other side, after being stunned for a moment, Li Xian suddenly laughed, and Li Xian asked, "Your Highness, what are you laughing at?" ”

Li Qi said: "I laugh at the emperor because of Yang Guozhong, a pig teammate. Now His Majesty has found Liu Zhi, a pig teammate, and treats him as a treasure. ”

The pig teammate is Xiao Quai's evaluation of Yang Guozhong, Li Xian naturally knows the meaning, but Li Qi said that Liu Zhi is also a pig teammate, and Li Xian became interested: "How do you say this, Your Highness knows this Liu Zhi very well?" ”

Li Qi smiled and said: "Why don't you understand, he is a rotten Confucian who reads books and reads stupidly." Last year, this Liu Zhi went to Luoyang to prepare to serve the Tiance Mansion, but he was conceited and talented, and hinted many times. Let out the wind and want Lone to look at him, but Lone doesn't look down on him at all.

So he couldn't hold it anymore. Baba submitted a book to Jianning Palace, and when he read the article alone, he laughed so hard that his stomach hurt. ”

Li Tianxi was curious: "What did he say, can it be so funny?" ”

Li Qi couldn't help but smile: "Two articles, one of which is a political code, talks about how to govern the country, and the core ideas are two, one is to restore the official system in ancient times; The second is to restore the well field system.

In Liu Zhi's view, the best era in China is only in the period of the three dynasties of antiquity (Xia, Shang and Zhou), with benevolence and righteousness, and morality, so as long as all the canonical systems are restored to the Zhou Dynasty, all problems can be solved; Abolish the Juntian system of the Tang Dynasty and change it to the Jingtian system, not only will all the people not go hungry, but also make the Haiyan River of the Tang Dynasty clear and peaceful for ten thousand years! ”

The well field system is a kind of land system implemented before the Spring and Autumn Period, that is, the land must be squarely divided into 900 acres of well fields. Each well field is vertical and horizontal, and then like a tic-tac-toe, it is divided into nine pieces on average.

Eight pieces outside were divided among eight people to cultivate, and each person cultivated one piece, and the income belonged to himself; In the middle is the public land, which is cultivated by eight people, and the income goes to the state.

This is an extremely rigid, extremely troublesome, and no operable land system, which was eliminated long ago in the Spring and Autumn Period. Li Tianxi didn't understand it at all, but Li Xian was stunned for a moment, and only felt unbelievable, and after half a salary, he couldn't help but laugh too: "Absurd, rotten Confucianism, this Liu Zhi is really stupid to read,"

Li Qi smiled and said: "There is even more absurd, his "Stop Ge Ji" is about how to stop the soldiers, the way is to confiscate all the weapons in the world, all the iron weapons, even the kitchen knife should be shared by nine households, so that there will be no fights without weapons; Then there is the implementation of the Western Zhou Dynasty sub-feudal system, all the princes are divided to the border, guarding the frontier, and at the same time respecting Confucianism, respecting the king, naturally the world is peaceful, and there are no soldiers! ”

This time, Li Tianxi, who hadn't read much, also understood, and he couldn't help but laugh: "Hmph, in my opinion, this Liu Zhi is not stupid to read, he is simply in his head!" ”

Li Qi also smiled: "That's right, and that Fang Xuan is also a rotten Confucian who likes to talk and blindly retro, Your Majesty appreciates and reuses such a group of people, didn't he find a group of pig teammates?" Li Tianxi, you will secretly monitor and let them toss it. ”

Li Tianxi nodded and said goodbye, Li Xian looked at Li Qi and nodded slightly, he was worried that he was too pure and filial, and there would be a dilemma between family affection and the career of Tiance Mansion at that time, but now it seems that the worry is completely superfluous, and he is now more and more like an emperor.

As a result, the emperor Li Heng and the crown prince Li Qi tacitly maintained this delicate peace, and the two sides were busy.

Xiao Quai's illness swept through the mountainous jungles of Japan, and Li Qi and Li Hyun were busy regularizing the government and gradually extending the construction experience of Dugi Province to Gyeonggi Province and other economically developed areas; Li Heng is also making various preparations in full swing.

Soon after Fang Xuan, Liu Zhi, and Li Yi were entrusted by Li Heng to be reused, Yuan Chongnian was also transferred to Chang'an by Li Heng, responsible for training the forbidden army and the Jingzhao army.

This Yuan Chongnian was originally a martial arts student of the Tang Dynasty, and was appointed as a captain of the peasant army after the rebellion of the Youzhou army, and after the rebellion of the Youzhou army was completely quelled, he was dismissed due to his poor performance.

But he secretly played Li Heng and said that he was excluded because he was dissatisfied with Xiao Quai's illness and Li Qi, and thought that Tiance Mansion's military training was nothing more than that, and he had completely mastered it, and as a result, he was valued by Li Fuguo, and finally was introduced by Li Heng as a confidant. When the secret room was summoned, Yuan Chongnian even made a bold statement, if he was given full power, he could level the Tiance Mansion in one year, and Li Heng was overjoyed!

On the other hand, when King Cheng Li Jiao was also ordered to send an envoy to Hui, he secretly reached an agreement with Huifu Khan Yidijian, preparing to borrow troops from him to conquer Tiance Mansion; Later, Li Heng ordered the envoys of each town to bring their families with them when they entered the court, and let them settle in Chang'an.

So in the second year, that is, at the court meeting in the first year of Zhide, all the ministers understood that Li Heng and Li Qi, father and son, were about to turn against each other, and after quelling the rebellion of the Youzhou Army in An Lushan, the clouds of war once again shrouded the sky over the Tang Dynasty. (To be continued.) )