Chapter 112: Enthronement and Becoming Emperor

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The sound of horses' hooves in Chang'an City overnight let the people know that something big had happened.

The next day, when the curfew was over, the gates of the city and the fangs were still not opened, and martial law continued, and the sergeants of the various guards patrolled the streets in full armor, ordering those who dared to open the doors or windows to peek out of their homes and not to go out. This situation has made those people who have various conjectures further confirm their predictions. But no one could have guessed what was going on in the city.

I don't know what is going on, and I don't let them go out, so many people are panicked. Especially those who urgently need to go out to buy firewood, rice, oil and salt, are even more anxious, but they dare not go out without permission. But fortunately, on the third day of the incident, the people were allowed to go out at noon, the east and west cities also reopened, and the main gates in Chang'an City were also opened, but the inspection became very strict.

The government also issued a notice, saying that Yongwang Li Lan had rebelled, and the imperial court was investigating the matter.

Martial law has not been completely lifted, and there are many sergeants patrolling the streets, and there are often arrests, so that some timid people flee back to their homes again, and do not dare to run away. But soon, the people knew what was going on.

Yongwang Li Lan rebelled, rushed into the palace and killed the emperor, trying to snatch the throne. However, Li Lan's rebellion was eventually extinguished by the emperor's newly claimed son, Zhongwang Li Xi, who was also known as Yang Xi, who had been pardoned by his prestige.

Not long ago, Yang Xi became the emperor's biological son and was renamed Queen Zhong, and the people were surprised and talked about it again. Now it's good, how did Yang Xi become the emperor's son and still the true legend of the Xuanhu time, suddenly such a drastic change occurred, the son of the first emperor, Yongwang Li Luan actually rebelled, wanted to snatch the throne, and almost succeeded, even the emperor Li Ying was killed by him, fortunately, the loyal king Yang Xi led the army to the king. Successfully suppressed Li Lan's rebellion, controlled the situation, and avoided the Tang Dynasty from falling into chaos.

People who know about this matter believe that Yang Xi will definitely succeed to the throne and become the new emperor of the Tang Dynasty. This is also what they expected, if Yang Xi succeeds to the throne, the people in the market think that the new emperor will definitely bring them more glory. The national strength will continue to increase greatly, the people will become richer, and the territory of the Tang Dynasty will be further expanded. Yang Xi is synonymous with heroes. In the past, many longed for their sons to be successful. Jackie Chan's parents. They all encouraged their sons with the behavior of Yang Xi's heroic youth, and now Yang Xi will ascend the throne, and he will ascend the throne after his prestige, these parents who have used Yang Xi's affairs to inspire their sons. Of course, I really support it.

Li Jue has always had no reputation, even if he led the army in the counterinsurgency campaign, but the people in the market know that it is Yang Xi's credit, Li Jue is just a name, and he did not actually command the war. In addition, he did not make any achievements during his time as the prince, and the people of Chang'an did not have a good impression of him, so it can also be said that Li Jue's life and death are a little insignificant to them.

It's just that Li Jue is the emperor, and the emperor was killed. It's always surprising and worried about chaos in the world.

But in addition to being surprised, they still had expectations, expecting that after Yang Xi became the emperor, they would become richer.

Of course, the minds of the hundred officials are not the same as those of the people. Whether it is the people of Chang'an City, or other places. As long as people who have heard of Yang Xi's fame, they are willing to see this superhero become the emperor.

However, many of the ministers in the court did not agree with Yang Xi's succession to the throne. When there was a change in the palace that day, some ministers did not dare to raise objections, but in the later time, Yang Xi presided over the court meeting as the prince regent, discussed the court affairs with the ministers, and discussed the posthumous gift and temple number to Li Jue, Gao Shi and Li Yu proposed again, asking Yang Xi to succeed to the throne immediately and take charge of the court affairs as the emperor, some people stood up and objected.

Li Mi and Gao Shi asked Yang Xi not to shirk anymore and immediately succeeded to the throne on the grounds that the country could not be without a king for a day, and the Tang Dynasty must have a new emperor presiding over the affairs of the dynasty.

These ministers all suggested that Yang Xi should be succeeded by other princes on the grounds that Yang Xi's status was special and that he was just the illegitimate son of Li Jue and was not suitable to succeed to the throne. However, those who put forward such opinions were all ministers who did not hold important positions, and none of these people in high positions and powers stood up to express themselves like this, and in the end, these people's opinions were refuted by Li Mi, Gao Shi, Cen Shen and others, and soon no one stood up to oppose them.

Yang Xi also pretended to resign for a while, but gladly accepted it, officially announced his ascension to the throne as emperor, and granted amnesty to the world.

Yang Xi officially moved into the Daming Palace, which had been cleaned and cleaned, and became the owner of the greatest palace in Chinese history.

He chose Chang'an Hall as his dormitory for himself and Guo Xin to live in.

After Yang Xi ascended the throne, he immediately announced that Guo Xin would be the queen.

As the emperor, in addition to the queen, there are many concubines to be sealed, and what three palaces and six courtyards must be established, but Yang Xi only has one or two concubines now, and he is not far from the realm of three thousand beauties in the palace, but these will definitely be in the future, but not now.

After Yang Xi succeeded to the throne, he immediately announced that the names of various official positions were changed back to Zhenguan, and some officials were also reappointed: Guo Ziyi was the secretary of the book, Fang Xuan was the left servant of the book, Wei Jiansu was the right servant of the book, Li Mi was the middle secretary, Yan Zhenqing was the servant, Gao Shi was the middle school secretary, Zhang Hao was the secretary of the school inspection, Li Guangbi was the secretary of the military department, Li Lin was the secretary of the official department, and these people were all ranked in the political affairs hall.

Cui Yuan is the secretary of the household department, Miao Jinqing is the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, Yuan Zai is the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and Pei Zunqing is the secretary of the Ministry of Industry. Yang Xi's eldest brother Yang Xuan and a minister named Li Kui are Zhongshu Shilang, and Fifth Qi and Li Xian are Huangmen Shilang.

Order the left and right dragon Wuwei to guard the Daming Palace, Pang Zhong is the general of the left dragon Wuwei, and Hun Shizhi is the general of the right dragon Wuwei. Wang Sili is the general of the left Yulin army, Fugu Huaien is the general of the right Yulin army, and Hun Mian and Guo Xi are in charge of the left and right Jin Wuwei respectively. The other generals of the guard army were also entrusted with the command of military generals who were close to him, which was the foundation of maintaining his rule, and he did not want to be ousted by force.

It can be said that most of the officials when Li Ying was the emperor stayed, but there was a change in position, and Yang Xi didn't want to let drastic changes occur in the court when he first ascended the throne, so that there would be continuous turmoil. If you look at a minister who is not pleasing to the eye, or feel that this person is not suitable for serving in the DPRK and China, you can find an opportunity to belittle him in the future.

Of course, Yang Xi will appoint many cronies in the court, but those who are not his cronies will continue to be retained as long as they are capable and of noble character, even if these people have prejudices against him.

Tang Taizong Li Shimin is his role model, he wants a humble king, better than any emperor in history, whether it is in terms of civil governance or martial arts. Moreover, in the future, he will once again consolidate the mutual restraint and appointment of the three provinces and the three ministries, and further improve them, adding up some of the more democratic means of later generations. Although he became emperor, he did not want the imperial power to be completely unchecked.

Absolute power will inevitably be absolutely corrupted, and he doesn't want himself to be like Li Shimin, his family and country are tossed by his own sons, and the dynasty is in chaos. The system should be established and further improved, and to a certain extent, the rule of man should be changed to the rule of law. Although all this was very difficult, Yang Xi felt that he would spend his whole life doing it.

The reform of the government and the military system will definitely continue, and there will be fundamental changes, Yang Xi feels that he can do it.

Yang Xi's promise to Yang Yuhuan has also begun to be fulfilled.

After Li Longji's death, Yang Xi suggested to Li Jue that Yang Yuhuan be posthumously awarded the queen and respected as the queen mother, but Li Jue did not allow it. After Yang Xi himself became the emperor, he also turned all this into a reality, respected her as the empress dowager, officially regarded Yang Yuhuan as Li Longji's empress, and let her continue to live in Xingqing Palace. For Yang Xi's arrangement, Yang Yuhuan is quite satisfied. She didn't have much expectations, she just hoped that in the future, Yang Xi could visit her often and accompany her.

Mrs. Qiu Guo has nothing to give, only some possessions and gifts on food.

Mrs. Yu Guo is also quite satisfied with this, and her requirements for Yang Xi are also like Yang Yuhuan, hoping that Yang Xi can often go over to visit her. However, her wish is much more difficult to realize than Yang Yuhuan's willingness, and Yang Xi, who has become an emperor, naturally cannot leave the palace often.

Temporarily stabilize the affairs of the court, Li Jue's funeral is imminent.

After discussing with the courtiers, Yang Xi issued an edict posthumously crowning Li Ying as the Emperor of Civilization and Martial Virtue and Great Filial Piety, and the temple name was Suzong, and a very grand funeral was held for Li Jue, and he was buried in Jianling.

In the original history, after the death of Li Heng, who became the emperor, the temple number was Suzong, and when discussing the temple number of Li Ying with the courtiers, Yang Xi naturally thought of the temple number that should have belonged to Li Heng. The ministers also agreed to Yang Xi's proposal, so that Li Jue's temple name was "Tang Suzong".

After Li Longji's death, Yang Xi did not participate in the discussion of the temple number, but in the end, Li Longji's temple name was still "Tang Xuanzong", which was the same as in the original history, which made Yang Xi quite unexpected.

Li Jue's posthumous gift and temple number have been decided, and the funeral is also being held, Yang Xi used his son's body to keep Li Jue's filial piety for three months, and during these three months, the court affairs were handed over to the prime ministers of the political affairs hall.

Li Lan's treason case was also quickly examined clearly, and most of the people involved in the case were basically brought to justice.

Soon, the imperial court issued an accident on the handling of Li Lan's case, and Li Ling was killed for the crime of treason, and Li Ling's sons who participated in the rebellion were also killed. In addition to these few people who were killed, only Liang Cheng and Li Bao, the two lieutenants of the Zuo Yulin Army who commanded the forbidden army to enter the palace, were betrayed and beheaded, and most of the other servants were exiled or demoted. Li Lan and several of his adult sons were killed, and the power of Li Lan's group was also wiped out, and it could no longer become a climate, and those servants would be fine if they were given leniency.

Yang Xi also knew that the end of filial piety for Li Jue was the time for him to show his skills and completely change the Tang Dynasty.