Six hundred and sixty-three Su Shangshu
Compared with the super adaptability of the imperial court to the replacement of the throne, the people said that it was not easy to accept, the emperor suddenly announced his abdication, and then suddenly Zen throne, the new emperor ascended the throne, the old emperor left the palace, and went to live in the palace of Mihara County, although before that there was already a relatively quiet place in Mihara County surrounded by a group of soldiers, not allowing people without permission to pass guò, and the people of Mihara County were also curious, but this kind of thing had happened many times in Sanhara County before, so no one expressed too much doubt about it.
It's just that the people of Sanyuan County never thought that this was actually the retirement place after Li Erma's throne, and Li Erma's Xià actually chose Sanyuan County as his retirement place, rather than somewhere in the palace, until the abdication edict was issued, people realized that Sanyuan County was not built here as an ordinary residence, but the emperor's pension palace.
Everyone knows what Sanyuan County is, it can be said that Sanyuan County is the beginning of the legend of the Tang Dynasty, since Sanyuan County was given to Suning as a fief, it has always been like this, the legendary Sanyuan County, the legendary Su Hou Ye, the legendary Tang Dynasty Rise Road, who dares to say that this is not the emperor's return for Su Hou Ye's continuous credit? That's why I chose Sanyuan County as a place to retire, less than an hour away from Sujia Zhuangzi, very close, and even standing on the hillside of Sujia Zhuangzi, you can see the palace that covers a small area.
And the people are a little uncomfortable with Li Erma's sudden Zen position, they have adapted to Li Erma's rule for 20 years, they agree with this kind of rule, the last big storm is only limited to the imperial court, not even Chang'an City, the local officials have not been affected, the people have not been affected in any way, it is the officials who are terrified. Instead of the people, Li Er Majesty was unwilling to involve the people in this kind of thing, so the people did not understand Li Er Majesty's sudden Zen position.
There were even people who launched the Wanmin Book Action, hoping that Li Ermajesty Xià would not make rash moves and cause turmoil in the Tang Dynasty, and they were very supportive of Li Erma's governance strategy. And Li Er Majesty is in full bloom in the spring and autumn period, why should he be in such a hurry? This letter of the people was presented to Li Erma, just three days before his meditation throne, he proudly took the book of the people to Li Chengqian, and told him, when you are on the throne, if there are also people who give you such a book of the people, you are a qualified emperor, otherwise you are an incompetent king!
When Li Er Majesty left the palace, he left with his head held high. With a proud face and no sense of frustration, he left the Book of the People to Li Chengqian, as his eternal spur, Li Chengqian swore at that time that he would need at least 20,000 Books to satisfy himself, and then abdicate, otherwise. I am too faceless, since my father has set an example. Then he can't lag behind, and on the last night, Li Erma's majesty told Li Chengqian that only the emperor took the initiative to take the throne is the best way that can be found to ensure that the Tang Dynasty will come for generations to come.
Suning even whispered that the eldest son does not have to inherit the throne, and should be virtuous and not long-term. As a result, Li Erma slapped his head on the melon seeds, and Suning immediately changed his words and said that the elder is the most virtuous, and Li Ermaxi let Suning go, but this sentence left a very important impact on Li Chengqian's heart, and he began to think about it. If his eldest son Li Xiang is not able to meet his own requirements and ensure the stability of the Tang Empire, will he still want to be in Zen with him, instead of other sons?
He thinks that in governing the country, none of the brothers is his opponent, although he is inferior to Li Tai in learning, and inferior to Li Ke in bravery, but on the whole, he is the strongest and most suitable to be the emperor, but if the crown prince he has set up is not able to govern the country enough, do he still have to stick to the primogeniture inheritance system? Is the eldest son necessarily so important to the country?
But it's still a little early to think about these at present, he is only twenty-seven years old, one year younger than when his father inherited the throne, and he must be the emperor for at least twenty years, so as not to lose to his father, anyway, before his energy is low, Li Chengqian has no intention of abdicating, Li Xiang is only eight years old, how can he be a good emperor? That's unrealistic.
Li Chengqian became the emperor vigorously, and the magnificent rule of Chenghe was also launched, and the evaluation of the rule of Chenghe by later generations is not the legacy of Zhenguan, but the era of Zhenguan is more vigorous and upward than the era of Zhenguan, although the era of Chenghe is not as dazzling as the era of Zhenguan in terms of martial arts, and the number of wars carried out by the Tang Dynasty in the years of Chenghe is not as frequent as that of the Zhenguan era, so fierce, almost every year, but the era of Chenghe is rated as the most veritable era.
At the beginning of Li Chengqian's ascension to the throne, he told all his courtiers at the great court meeting of the new emperor's enthronement that since Zhenguan 20 years, our Tang Dynasty has expanded the territory more than three times, far beyond all the scope that Shenzhou has reached, far ahead of the Qin and Han dynasties, which is the unprecedented glory created by the Tang Dynasty, and it is also the greatest achievement of the Emperor Li Er, but after the ferocious Frontier War, the governance of the newly occupied land we carried out has fallen behind, and the speed of digestion is far from keeping up with the speed of occupation, so after I ascended the throne, The main focus will be on the governance of these lands and foreigners, rather than on continuing to expand the frontiers.
If these lands cannot be governed well, then when we fight against a more distant enemy, these new lands that should have become the rear of our army will break out round after round of rebellions, and we will fight while suppressing the rebellion, which is a two-way war, and the gains outweigh the losses, so instead of continuing to expand the borders in a hurry, it is better to calm down and slowly digest the occupied lands, and then wait until we have accumulated enough national and military strength, quickly expand the borders, and give the enemy a fatal blow, so that they can't react at all.
The Persian strategy plan proposed by the Anxi Protectorate was temporarily frozen by Li Chengqian's order, and the Anxi Protectorate and the Anxi Army must not take the initiative to provoke a war with the Persians, of course, if the Persians take the initiative to provoke us, we must not hesitate to fight back, hurt them, and make them dare not continue to fight with us, as the saying goes, the hundred-legged insect dies but does not stiffen, although the Persian Empire is close to collapse, but it is in a process of collapse but not collapse, in this process, we do not want to participate, Persian civilians want to come. We will receive, but the army will come, and we will not be spared!
We have to develop ourselves slowly, slowly waiting for the moment when Persia will collapse completely, and when we can get the maximum benefit at the least cost. Then a decisive battle with the strongest Roman Empire, in addition, the control of the Arab Special Administrative Region must be strengthened, if the Arab Special Administrative Region can not guarantee absolute control, then our war with the Roman Empire will be at a disadvantage, so Li Chengqian secretly ordered the blood drops to transfer absolute backbones and elites to fully operate the Arab Special Administrative Region, and it will not be separated from the actual control of the Tang Dynasty.
Our war with the Arabs has caused the fall of more than 100,000 soldiers of the Tang Dynasty, and although we have gained tremendous benefits, we have also lost more than 100,000 outstanding sons and daughters and nearly 1,000 outstanding military university students. This is our irreparable loss, this is the eternal pain of their parents, they have exchanged their lives for us for the opportunity for peaceful development, we must comfort their souls in heaven with absolute achievements, instead of continuing the meaningless war.
Li Chengqian gave an order, ordered the iron cavalry to go out of Chang'an, and with the military talisman symbolizing the emperor's military power, he went to the place where the heavy troops were gathered in various border passes to convey Li Chengqian's order. Stop continuing to expand the territory and station in the spot. Build fortresses to ensure the security of the homeland, and then protect the security of the homeland with heavy troops, but will not take the initiative to attack, and send the main force back to the interior to quell the rebellion that has emerged in the newly occupied areas. Assist the local civil officials to ensure the security of the local area, and do not interfere with the governance measures of the local civil officials, the army is not allowed to enter the city without the triple permission of the emperor, the state assassin and the county decree, and must be encamped outside the city.
The Great Border Extension Operation since Zhenguan was temporarily suspended. At the same time, the strong internal suppression of the rebellion began to unfold, under Li Chengqian's policy orders, for those newly occupied territory governance actions occupied the entire Tang Dynasty action mainstream, foreign war is no longer the most important military action, and those newly occupied territory of those alien rebellions are the main object of the army's action, the standing combat army everywhere to quell the rebellion, the standing garrison army is with the combat army to act together, where the combat army fights, they are stationed.
In order to standardize the local military power, so that there will be no local officials or generals supporting the army and self-respect, and there will be no lax local defense, the general rotation system is well implemented, and the army rotation system is about to be implemented, and if the local army wants to be mobilized, such as when there is a need to suppress bandits, it must be allowed by the staff headquarters and the state assassin history, and then the county order takes the order to the barracks and hands it over to the commander of the army, and the general mobilizes the troops and horses to start the task, and after the task is over, he can go back to where he goes. The general shall not carry more than fifty soldiers with him in his personal movements, and shall not mobilize combat soldiers for private activities, except for his own personal guards.
However, once it enters wartime, for example, if a state or county is attacked by the enemy, then the county or state will enter a wartime state, at this time, the garrison general of a county or the general army of a state has the right to declare that the state and the county have entered a wartime state, at this time, the civilian officials must obey the orders of the military generals, and the orders of the civilian officials and counties must be carried out without any delay, otherwise, the military generals even have the right to urgently remove the civil officials from the county and become the masters of a state and a county.
Of course, this is a wartime state, in normal times, military generals are not allowed to interfere in government affairs, otherwise the state assassin and the county order have the right to remove the commander-in-chief, arrest and put him in prison, and hand it over to the superiors to deal with, the military does not interfere in politics, and the literati do not run the army, this is an iron law, Li Er's majesty Xià period constantly emphasized, and even for this reason to remove the house arrest Hou Junji, the first chief of staff of the Tang Dynasty, to this day, Li Chengqian ascended the throne and restored Hou Junji's freedom, but only retained his national dukedom and a nominal official position of a first-class official, and did not have real power. Not to mention military power, so Hou Junji is equivalent to directly pensioning.
Li Chengqian inherited the implementation and implementation of Li Er's policy that the military did not interfere in politics and the civilian did not take charge of the army, continued to consolidate the power of the General Staff Headquarters, consolidated the implementation of the staff officer system in the army, and did not allow civilian officials in the army to appear outside of official business, and of course did not allow the military generals on active duty to participate in the governance of the country.
Suning is no exception, the rank of general was withdrawn, only the official title and the title of honor remained, the original general title was hung, symbolizing the former great military achievements, but in such an era of focusing on the separation of military and government, Suning took the initiative to hand over the virtual title of general, and became a thorough civil official, a vertical and horizontal Shangshu, a second-grade member, and no longer participated in the military campaign, although Suning was regarded by many people as the god of war in the army, and was a person who could inherit the title of Li Jing's military god.
With Suning's withdrawal, who is the successor of this title has become a little uncertain, because in addition to Suning, a superstar in the army, there seem to be many people who meet the conditions of this military god, whether it is the crazy general Du He, or the strongest military general Xue Rengui, Xue Rengui's teacher Su Dingfang, Chief of Staff Headquarters and Military University Sacrifice Wine Li Shiji, Admiral Zhang Liang, Zhang Shigui, Li Daliang, etc., all seem to be heroes of great achievements, lacking Suning, a too dazzling superstar, and the rest of the stars are also competing to shine, Although this title is not officially certified, everyone knows that the person who inherits this title can be recognized by the army and become the soul of the army.
This is the title that every general dreams of.
Suning is no longer involved in military affairs, and the identity of the military attache has been withdrawn and he has become a thorough civilian official, people just remember the Su General who once surprised the situation on the battlefield, expanded the land for thousands of miles with a mere 100,000 troops, and annihilated hundreds of thousands of enemies, and the Liaodong Army also remembered the former commander of the Liaodong Army, and the Su General who took on the most severe task at the most critical moment, from then on, General Su was just a conversation after dinner, and Su Shangshu was Suning's real codename. (To be continued......)