Li Siyuan regretted it and severely punished all those responsible. Hun Gong'er was sentenced to 20 canes for causing death by false accusations, dismissed from all official positions, and sent to Dengzhou (now Penglai, Shandong), where seabirds.

Shi Jingjiao did not investigate the truth clearly, which led to the occurrence of unjust cases, and exaggerated and arbitrarily slandered during the recital, which finally caused the lives of innocent children and made Li Siyuan at fault, but remembering that he was Li Siyuan's son-in-law and contributed to the country, he was finally fined for one month.

Of course, from the current point of view, the punishment for him is a bit light, but in feudal society, the punishment is not as good as the doctor, the nobles and officials have judicial privileges, and officials who violate the law can generally be punished by the rank of the official, or reduced or exempted from punishment because of the emperor's forgiveness.

In order to appease the children's parents and relatives, Li Siyuan gave them 50 horses of silk and 100 stones of millet and wheat.

Then an edict was issued to the whole country, and in the future, death penalty cases, regardless of the capital or locality, must be carefully examined, and no favoritism should be perverted to the law. In order to express his self-blame for Li Siyuan's "reduction of regular meals for ten days", he apologized to the unjust souls. In order to learn the lesson of Li Cun's stinginess that led to the mutiny, Li Siyuan often rewarded the army.

As a result, the state treasury was tightened, so he ordered Kong Xun to serve as a rent envoy, appropriately increased some taxes, and the implementation of the state monopoly on koji was one of the measures to increase revenue. But Kong Xun was very harsh, and no matter how much wine he made privately, he was all executed.

Li Siyuan was very uneasy when he saw this result, so he issued an edict to abolish it and let the people brew freely, and only need to pay a small amount of koji tax.

Li Siyuan was illiterate, and he often taught his son Li Congrong to say: "When I was young, I encountered troubled times and achieved fame on the horse. There is no time to read.

You have to read with your heart, and don't be illiterate like me. became illiterate. I'm too old to study anymore. It's just a matter of listening to others explain some reasoning. ”

He not only demanded that his sons study Han culture seriously, but also encouraged his ministers to supervise their children in studying Confucian classics.

Because Li Siyuan is good at learning the traditional culture of the Central Plains, his rough temperament has been corrected a lot, although he immediately got the world, but he can govern the country more clearly and steadily.

However, Li Siyuan did not have any good experience in how to use people, especially the appointment of ministers and ministers, and during Li Siyuan's reign, the power was basically An Chongzhi.

An Chongzhi was born from an ethnic minority who migrated inward. He is a native of Yingxian County, Shanxi, and has little to do with Li Siyuan, who followed the battle, and gradually got Li Siyuan's appreciation because of his courage and good fighting.

In the next ten years of military career, Li Siyuan introduced An Chongzhu as a confidant, An Chongzhu regarded Li Siyuan as a confidant, and the two became irreversible.

After Li Siyuan entered Luoyang and became emperor, An Chongzhi was meritorious because of his support. Yi was reused, and was appointed as the general of the left guard, the privy envoy, and the envoy of the Shannan Dongdao Festival, and was promoted to serve the Zhongshu Order.

An Chongzhi succeeded to the throne after Li Siyuan. The eradication of maladministration has indeed carried out some reforms that are commendable to the people. During this period, An Chongzhi served as Li Siyuan's right-hand man. Take the world as its own responsibility, and make suggestions internally for the governance of the country; Externally, in order to curb the excessive power of the feudal town, he exhausted his wisdom.

Emperor Mingzong. The politics are clearer, and the people's lives are more stable. For a while, it was called the "well-off situation", which is inseparable from the contribution made by An Chongzhi. Although Li Siyuan is the respect of a country, he immediately won the world, and he did not understand the text and ink, and the Quartet was recited by An Zhong.

An Chongzhi specially set up the Duanming Palace, recruited famous Tu Feng Dao and Zhao Feng, and specially told Li Siyuan about the strategy of governing the country and the country, so that his ability to deal with government affairs has grown considerably.

Although Li Siyuan is generous and gentle, he still has the legacy of the Shatuo people, and he kills people rashly and recklessly. Ma Mujun made the horses raised by Tian Lingfang thin and had a high mortality rate, and the crime should be beheaded. An Chonghai persuaded Li Siyuan: "To make the world hear about horses and kill an army envoy is a noble animal and a slut." ”

Mingzong thought that he was reasonable, so he pardoned Tian Lingfang. When Hou San arrived in Liquan, Gansu, because the place was remote and narrow, there was no stagecoach in peace, and the county ordered Liu Zhizhang to go out hunting, and failed to give the horses to Hou San in time, resulting in a mistake.

After Hou San returned to the capital, he informed Li Siyuan, who was furious and asked Liu Zhizhang to be taken to the capital for questioning. An Chongzhu thought that it was inappropriate to kill Liu Zhizhang, and forced Chen to behead Liu's harm, so that Liu Zhizhang was spared.

People say that the butt determines the head, in fact, the butt does not decide the head, but also changes a person's temperament and style, with the rise of An Chongzhi, and relying on the grace of Li Siyuan, gradually breeds a domineering, wanton style. Once An Chongzhi went out, passing by the Yushitai, the palace straight Ma Yan unintentionally offended him, so he immediately drew his sword and beheaded Ma Yan outside the gate of the Yushitai. Li Renfu of Xiazhou learned that Li Siyuan liked eagle harriers, so he sent someone to send a white eagle, but An Chongzhi refused to accept it.

As soon as he left, Mingzong was itching, and hurriedly sent someone to quietly bring the white eagle back to the palace, and then let him frolic in the western suburbs of the capital. "An reprimanded the king to abuse his power, listened to and believed his confidants, and tried his best to protect and connive, resulting in many unjust cases.

Once, An Chongzhi sent his confidant Han Mei and deputy enshriner Wu Zhaoyu to visit Wu Yueguo. Han Mei relied on An Chong's power, insulted Wu Zhaoyu many times, and whipped him with a horse whip after drinking, and his bad deeds were very dissatisfied with Wu Yue's ministers.

Qian Biao, the king of Wuyue, wanted to inform An Chongzhu of this matter, but Wu Zhaoyu felt insulted to the court and insisted on refusing to let it. After Han Mei returned to the Tang Dynasty, the wicked person sued first, but instead framed Wu Zhaoyu in front of An Chongyu, saying that he met Qian Bi in person.

Groveling to the courtiers, he leaked the secrets of the court to Qian Biao. An Chongzhi believed slanderous rumors, and arrested Wu Zhaoyu without ascertaining him, causing him to die in prison.

At that time, another minister who was appreciated by Li Siyuan, Ren Yuan, was talented, and Ren Pingzhang was also sentenced to three divisions, namely salt and iron, household department, and degree branch, and the three divisions were equivalent to the minister of finance.

Ren Yuan is in power, worried about the country and the people, fulfilled his duties, and his political achievements are also outstanding, and the treasury is full during his tenure, and the army and the people are rich.

At that time, Wei said, Dou Luge dismissed the prime minister, Ren Yuan and An Chongxue, Zheng Jue, Kong Xun and others discussed the selection of prime minister, Ren Yuan thought that Li Qi was suitable, but Jue and Xun did not approve of Li Qi as the prime minister, and said to An Chongxue: "Li Qi is not without literary talent, but not incorruptible!" Prime minister. As long as a dignified and generous person can be a person, Taichang Qing Cui Xie can be a person. ”

Ahn agreed. A few days passed. Li Siyuan asked who could be the prime minister, and An Chongzhi immediately replied to Cui Xieke. Ren Yuan stepped forward and argued: "An Chongyu is not familiar with the personnel of the imperial court. was sold by others, and everyone in the world knew that Cui Xie was illiterate, and he was a fictitious tablet, and his name was 'no word tablet'.

The minister is a mistake by His Majesty's choice, and he was promoted by luck in vain, this kind of person who does not know the book, it is enough to make a man laugh at the minister, and there are only a few phases, where can he add more jokes? ”

Li Siyuan said: "The position of the prime minister is important. You should examine it in detail. When I was in the town, I met Wei Su, the assassin of Yizhou, and people said that Wei Su was a son of a famous family, and he had a very good friendship with me, so it was okay to make him the prime minister, right?

If Wei Su can't, then Secretary Feng is a judge of the first dynasty, called an elder, and can be the prime minister, right? "Secretary Feng is Feng Dao.

After discussing and not making a decision, An Chongzhi and the others withdrew to rest under the corridor of the Zhongxing Palace, and Kong Xun was very angry. brushed his clothes away, and scolded as he walked: "The affairs of the world are decided by Ren Yuan, and the second is decided by Ren Yuan." What kind of person is he? Ren Yuan said to An Chongzhu: "Li Qi's talent,

It was better than a hundred people at that time, but the villain's slander cleverly blocked it. If you don't use Qi and use the association. It's like discarding a pill synthesized with perilla and taking a dung beetle rolled into a dung ball. ”

An Chongzhu smiled without saying a word, and finally believed Kong Xun's words. After more than a month, Cui Xie and Feng Dao both became prime ministers. Cui Xie reigned for several years, and people laughed at what he did, and the contradiction between Ren Yuan and An Chongzhi began.

In the past, envoys sent official documents to various places by the household department, and An Chong's request was changed to be issued from the palace, and Ren Yuan drew from the historical tradition to argue about it, but it could not be explained, so he debated with An Chongzhi in front of Li Siyuan, and Ren Yuan's voice was very strong.

After Li Siyuan retreated, the harem concubines stepped forward and said, "Who is the one who argues with An Chongxue?" Li Siyuan said: "Prime Minister! The palace maid said: "The concubine is in Chang'an, and when she sees the prime minister discussing things, it's not like this, this is contempt for the emperor!" Li Siyuan was unhappy because of this, and the official document of the minister was sent from the palace from then on, and Ren Yuan was very angry.

An Chongzhu often goes to Ren Yuan's house, Ren Yuan has a courtesan, good at singing and dancing and beautiful, Chongzhu wants to get her, Ren Yuan doesn't give it, so the two hate each other even more.

Soon, Ren Yuan asked to resign from his post, so he dismissed the prime minister and transferred to the crown prince Shaobao, Ren Yuan could not be at ease, and asked to return to his hometown and retire to Cizhou.

Zhu Shouyin rebelled in Bianzhou, An Chongzhi falsely accused Ren Yuan of conspiring with Zhu Shouyin, and sent people to kill with a fake edict.

An Chongzhi was even more blind to Ren Yuan after he was removed, and he did not speak to Li Siyuan as a monarch and minister, and sometimes even threatened him with resignation. Li Siyuan's adopted son, Li Congke, the king of Lu, served as the envoy of the river festival, and once drank with An Chongzhu, when Li Congke drank a little high.

In addition, An Chongxue's usual behavior is also very unpopular, Li Congke punched over, right in the head of An Chongxue, An Chongzhi was so frightened that he hurriedly ran away, although Li Congke apologized to him afterwards, but An Chongxue remembered the revenge of this punch.

When Li Congke was out, he used the order of the Privy Council to make his subordinate Yang Yanwen close the city and prevent him from returning. Li Congke reported to the imperial court that Li Siyuan wanted to send someone to the river to investigate, but An Chongzhi insisted on using troops.

must be caught alive so that he can be interrogated personally, but the officer with the troops listened to An Chongzhi's order and killed Yang Yanwen, and Yang Yanwen died.

The truth of the incident could not be ascertained, and An Chongzhi then asked to investigate and deal with Li Congke's responsibility for the loss, Li Siyuan was unhappy in his heart, and said: "How the public wants to deal with it, I will follow the public." ”

An Chongzhi heard that Li Siyuan's tone was wrong, and he didn't dare to say that he wanted to kill Li Congke, so he had to say: "The matter between father and son, your subordinates can't say anything, please make a ruling." ”

An Chongzhi asked the ministers to discuss how to punish the crime, and the ministers thought that it should be handed over to Li Siyuan to deal with.

Li Siyuan said angrily: "When I was a junior general, my family lacked food and clothing, and this son carried lime and collected horse manure to barely support the family. What does it have to do with letting him stay at home behind closed doors? ”

Since then, he has lost Li Siyuan's trust. Soon, Dong Zhang rebelled, Li Siyuan asked Shi Jingjiao to crusade, the battle situation was unfavorable, and An Chongzhi asked to supervise the transportation of grain and grass.

After listening to the minister's report, Li Siyuan's compassion for the people coupled with the arrogance and rudeness of the previous days made him return to listen to the treatment, and dismissed him from his privy envoy halfway.

Seeing that he was powerful, An Chongzhu wanted to retreat bravely, so he applied for resignation one after another, and was finally approved to serve as the crown prince and prince. Because he had offended too many people in the past, people fell into the trap at this time, saying that he was going to rebel.

Li Siyuan sent Zhai Guangye, an envoy from the imperial city, to inspect the river and instructed him: "If you have any different intentions, kill him." This is exactly the same as when the Zhuang Sect sent Ma Yanqi to investigate Guo Chongtao.

Zhai Guangye went to the river and got in touch with Li Congzhang, who sent troops to surround An Chongxue's house, and then rushed into An's mansion and slammed An Chongzhi and his wife on the head with a big stick, both of whom died under the stick.

As illiterate, Li Siyuan did not know how to arrange the succession to the throne, nor did he think about who would take over his class after a hundred years.

Whenever a minister raised this issue, he said that the ministers were forcing him to give way, and he said that he was even more tearful when he was sad, and no one raised the matter since.

His son Li Congrong was named the king of Qin, and he appointed him as the Yin of Henan, and sentenced the guards of the six armies, and then crowned the generalissimo of the world's soldiers and horses.

This series of appointments shows that he wanted Li Congrong to succeed to the throne, but he did not officially establish himself as the crown prince, and the ministers did not know who to assist, which eventually led to the division of several factions.

When Li Siyuan was seriously ill, Li Congrong thought that his father had died because Li Siyuan had not seen each other for several days, and he was afraid that he would not be able to succeed to the throne and be preempted by others, so he led a thousand guards to enter the palace to find out the truth. When the privy envoy Zhu Hongzhao heard the news, he sent troops to besiege him.

Li Congrong was repulsed, and Li Congrong fled back to the mansion and was killed. When Li Siyuan heard that his son had been killed when he was dying, he was sad and could not be cut off, and he was in a coma several times in a row.

Finally, Li Conghou was summoned back to wait, and six days later, Li Siyuan died at the age of 68. Sima Guang spoke highly of his political achievements in the "Zizhi Tongjian": "The years of his reign were abundant, the military revolution was rarely used, the school was in the five generations, and he was well-off. ”

After the counterattack, on November 16 of the fourth year of Tang Changxing (933), Li Siyuan's old illness relapsed, and the next day, his condition improved, and Li Congrong entered the palace to greet him. At that time, Li Siyuan lowered his head and couldn't raise it, and Wang Shufei (Hua Jianshy) said: "Congrong is here." (To be continued......)