Chapter 22: Li Shimin's crazy moves

There are some things that don't stand up to scrutiny. Although this banquet was arranged by Zheng Guanyin, the Qi Wangfu still left manpower. The key is that at the night banquet in the East Palace, Li Shimin was poisoned and vomited blood, which almost caused Li Jiancheng to be thrown into a place of no return......

Li Jiancheng thought to himself, if this matter was done by Li Yuanji, what was his purpose?

Even if Wei Chigong brushed Li Jiancheng's face, Li Jiancheng was very angry at that time, but just because Wei Chigong was rude, at most he would be locked up for a few days, and the heaviest punishment would be to remove the official and take away his knighthood, but Wei Chigong, as one of Li Jiancheng's henchmen, would just go through the motions, and at most two or three months would find an opportunity to reinstate his official.

Li Jiancheng sighed, looked at Wei Zheng and said, "I am walking on thin ice now, and if I am not careful, I will fall into a place of no return!" ”

Wei Zheng groaned: "The minister has been thinking about a question? ”

Li Jiancheng said: "And then? ”

Wei Zheng said lightly: "Outside or inside!" ”

Li Jiancheng also began to think about it, the Tang Dynasty court's revenue and expenditure are limited, but nearly twice as many officials are also a great burden on the court, and the key is to demote and reduce officials, which is imperative. If Li Jiancheng does not have the courage to touch this matter, then, in the future, Li Chengdao will not have the courage to do it.

Li Jiancheng said noncommittally: "Chen Ying, what do you think? ”

"Selfishness is human instinct!" Chen Ying shrugged his shoulders and said with a relaxed smile: "Your Majesty, the minister is thinking about an ancient thing, why did Di Xin die in the country?" ”

Speaking of Di Xin, there may be few people who know about it, but when it comes to Daji, people are familiar with it. All kinds of legends, romances, and TV tell her story vividly and legendably. Because of the disrespect of the Shang to Nuwa Niangniang, the fox spirit, one of the "Three Demons of Xuanyuan Tomb", was ordered by Nuwa to destroy the Shang, and attached himself to the daughter of Hou Suhu of Jizhou Daji into the palace, relying on her beauty to gain favor, causing chaos in the court, mutilating the loyal martyrs, and instigating the tyrannical and unreasonable reign of the king of Xuanyuan, and losing the hearts of the people, so that the country was destroyed.

"Righteousness is also harmful." The contemptuous name given by the Zhou people is a household name and notorious. However, his other title, "Dixin", is less well known. Like "Cheng Tang" and "Wu Ding", "Di Xin" is his real title as the king of a country of Huanghuang Dashang. According to the Zhou people, he is the king of the debauchery and evil.

History at any time is contemporary history. In fact, at this time, Li Jiancheng and the original preparation of Di Xin launched a large-scale counterattack against Dongyi, after a protracted and arduous war, repelled Dongyi, defended the Central Plains, and developed the Shang Dynasty's power to the current Jianghuai area, and the territory has expanded to Shandong, Anhui, Jiangsu, Zhejiang and even the coastal areas of Fujian.

However, in the Shang Dynasty, it was attacked by the Zhou army led by King Wen of Zhou, and the Battle of Muye was on the verge of rebellion, so the Shang Dynasty perished.

Regarding Di Xin's crimes, what does "Shangshu • Pastoral Oath" say. "Pastoral Oath" is the general mobilization of the whole army before the decisive battle of Makino by King Ji of Zhou Wu. In such a pre-war inscription, it should naturally be a great book to write about the evil of Emperor Xin, and to shape the righteous image of himself acting for heaven, so as to arouse the hatred of the army and the people. There are four points in the text of Di Xin's sin: one is that only the woman's words are used. 2. Fainting and abandoning the convulsions, Buddha replied. The third is to faint and abandon the king's parents and brothers. Fourth, it is the only way to escape from the many sins of the Quartet, whether it is to worship or grow, to believe in the messenger, to think that it is a doctor and a minister, to tyrannize the people, and to commit adultery to the merchants.

However, the successive dynasties slandered it, adding 27 things to the Warring States Book, 22 things to the Western Han Dynasty, and 15 things to the Eastern Jin Dynasty.

Of course, Li Jiancheng and Wei Zheng and other wise people don't believe in these things at all, because Yang Guang's example is right in front of them.

In fact, Li Jiancheng also knew that the reason why Di Xin failed was because Di Xin's internal reform at that time touched the interests of some people, namely the Monist Religion. (That is, the prototype of the Tongtian Sect in the Romance of the Gods).

Turning over the history of the world, we can easily find that in all countries in the world, there is a struggle between divine power and royal power, and there is also divine power above the royal power.

The stubborn forces were not willing to fail, he took advantage of the period when the Shang capital was empty during the eastward expedition of the elite troops of Di Xin, and colluded with the Zhou Dynasty with the stubborn momentum of Bigan and Hui Ziqi, led the Zhou army into the pass, and then plotted against the last slave army of the Shang Dynasty, so the Shang Dynasty perished.

Chen Ying's words were actually a subtle warning to Li Jiancheng to be careful of those stubborn forces in the DPRK and China, in case they counterattacked. Because once Li Jiancheng streamlined the officials according to Fang Xuanling's reform opinions, and then demoted the clan, then he must have committed three of the four sins of Emperor Xin.

Li Jiancheng groaned: "According to the Turkic habits, after the autumn is the time for them to use troops, and now there are still two months, so let's reduce the mediocre officials first, I would rather reward the saved money and grain to the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty than throw it to these white-eyed wolves!" ”

……

His Royal Highness Liangyi in Taiji Palace, Li Jiancheng sat on the imperial couch, and the ministers of civil and military affairs were arranged in two compartments.

A waiter holding the holy edict read out in a subdued tone on the main hall: "Order Chen Yingzheng to transfer 100,000 young and strong people in Guanzhong, and build the road from Chang'an to Yuanzhou with work for relief......

The officials exchanged glances with each other. The people present are all human spirits, what is the role of Chidao, if it is said that five years ago the hundred officials were not clear, but now they are all clear, now the Chi Road from Chang'an to Luoyang has not been repaired, but it has been repaired to the peach forest, from the peach forest to Chang'an City, there are more than 500 miles.

The two million stone grain that Chen Ying stored in Taolin consumed less than tens of thousands of stone on the road of more than 500 miles, and most of it was successfully transported to Changping.

At present, the purpose of requisitioning and mobilizing the people to build a gallop road in the direction of Wonju is to save too much food and time by transporting troops and grain. If it is an ordinary official road, it will take ten days at the fastest for a grain truck of 500 miles, but starting from Taolin, you can make a round trip in five days, which is more than twice as fast.

Xiao Yu frowned.

Feng Deyi closed his eyes and was silent.

The envoy finished reading the edict.

Li Jiancheng slowly glanced at the expressions of the hundred officials.

Wei Zheng stood in the queue with a blank face.

Li Jiancheng said: "Ladies and gentlemen, do you have any objections? ”

Xiao Yu forcibly suppressed his anger and said: "The minister is against it! The great drought in Guanzhong is a natural disaster, and it is very inappropriate to recruit the people to build and build the galloping road, and it is very inappropriate for 100,000 people to gather together, which is very easy to cause a change in the people's revolt, and once it causes a change in the people's revolt, it is a man-made disaster. Natural disasters cannot be cured by man, but man-made disasters can be avoided. If Your Majesty insists on doing so, it will definitely make the world laugh at Your Majesty's immorality and the incompetence of the imperial court. Without virtue and incompetence, in the future, Your Majesty and the imperial court, what will command the world? ”

Chen Shuda was in a hurry, and hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that Xiao Xiang's remarks are extremely absurd. A few days ago, the price of grain soared, and the surplus wealth of the people's families has been exhausted. Can you make Your Majesty and the court virtuous and capable? The people of Guanzhong, right under His Majesty's nose, starved for thousands of miles, and ate with their children, Your Majesty and the court are virtuous and capable? ”

Xiao Yu turned around and stretched out his finger at Chen Shuda and roared: "Rebellious man, you are so instigating Your Majesty to build a large number of buildings? It's clearly ill-intentioned! ”

Chen Shuda also stretched out his finger at Xiao Yu with a red face and retorted: "The people of Guanzhong, now that the water is dire and dire, you, the prime minister, are familiar with it and look at it from the wall, I look at you, you are clearly a corpse vegetarian meal, immoral and incompetent!" ”

Xiao Yu was furious, rushed to Chen Shuda and yelled, "Flattery...... Villain! ”

Chen Shuda sneered: "Pedantic! ”

Xiao Yu was so angry that he stretched out his hand and pulled at Chen Shuda's clothes.

Chen Shuda was not to be outdone, and grabbed Xiao Yu's beard with his backhand.

The two big guys are torn together like splashes on the street.

The hundred officials were dumbfounded.

Chen Ying couldn't bear to watch.

At this moment, Wei Zheng stepped out of the ranks, bowed down and said: "Your Majesty, the ministers are impeached, the left servant of Shangshu shoots Xiao Yu, and Chen Shuda in the servant, and he loses his honor in front of the palace, and he has no auxiliary minister's demeanor, which insults the prestige of the court." ”

Li Jiancheng said in a cold tone: "Xiao Yu and Chen Shuda, as the cabinets of the three provinces, can't solve problems for me, but they can only roar in front of the palace and attack each other, and it is really difficult to assume the position of provincial governor." Fang Xuanling! ”

Fang Xuanling came out and said: "The minister is here!" ”

Li Jiancheng: "Go down to plan the edict, and remove Xiao Yu Shangshu from the position of left servant and Chen Shuda." ”

There was a dead silence in the court.

Among the hundreds of officials, a few people were so frightened that they dropped the wat board in their hands to the ground.

Li Jiancheng's expression was faint, and he looked around at everyone and said slowly: "Retreat!" ”

……

In front of the closed house, the tall house gate and the wide courtyard wall. On the lintel of the house gate, a plaque is hung high, and there are three big characters on it, "Shangshudi".

On both sides of the gate are displayed halberds and upper horse stones.

Horse-drawn carriages were parked in the open space in front of the gate.

The Feng family was beaming.

Feng Daoyan was busy and greeted the visitors who came one after another.

A child of the clan stepped forward and said with a smile: "Brother Feng, when are you free?" Yanfeng Lou has recently come to a few Peugeot orchids, and the younger brother is the east! ”

Another child of the clan said, "Hehe...... Forget it, Orchid accidentally gave birth to a gray-eyed and green-haired child, messed up his own bloodline, and was ashamed of his ancestors. Brother Feng, this is my father's invitation, when will Ling Zun be free, spare time, and go to my house to sit? ”

Several doormen of the Feng family, in the side room, proudly watched the liveliness of the living room.

"Xiao Yu dismissed the prime minister, according to the convention, the lord shoots with the right servant, and is promoted to the left servant, which is logical."

"Yes, the Lord has been cautious since the first year of Wude, and after eight years, he is finally going to be the prime minister."

In stark contrast to the Feng Mansion, Pei Sikong's Mansion is full of people, and Lawyer Pei is stupid, looking at the direction of Feng Deyi's Mansion.

Lawyer Pei said dissatisfiedly: "It's so late, the Feng family is still having a sheng song night banquet, it's really annoying!" ”

Pei Lin slowly walked out of the room and stood in the courtyard.

Lawyer Pei said indignantly: "Dad, why do you sit back and watch Your Majesty remove Xiao Yu and Chen Shuda from office today?" Then Wei Zheng is too arrogant. He is considered an oldest, and he was only a left-handed son from the fourth grade before. ”

Pei Lin shook his head, patted Lawyer Pei's shoulder lightly and said: "Don't ask so much, and don't participate in the court at will, then Wei Zheng is Li Jiancheng, a dog used to rectify the court, so Li Jiancheng will put him as a part-time imperial doctor in his servant, the purpose is to let him out and bite people at a critical time." ”

Lawyer Pei frowned puzzled: "Daddy means, isn't this a joke?" ”

Pei Lin nodded and said: "After the change of Xuanwumen, Li Jiancheng did not replace the prime ministers with his own people, that is because, at that time, his foothold was not stable, and now, the danger of food famine in Guanzhong has been lifted, and the generals of the imperial court, Li Jing, Li Xiaogong, Li Daozong, Qin Qiong, Niu Junda, Xie Yingdeng, Zhang Gongjin, and even Li Shentong have surrendered to Li Jiancheng, and now, his position is also secure, so the time is ripe to sort out the three provinces. ”

Chen Shuda's mansion, when he heard that Li Jing came to visit, he hurried out to greet him.

Chen Shuda looked at Li Jing and said, "Pharmacist, you have nothing to do but ascend the Three Treasures Palace!" ”

Li Jing smiled softly: "Old Xiangguo was reprimanded by His Majesty and came to visit. ”

Chen Shuda smiled bitterly and said: "It's old, it's useless, and even His Majesty dislikes the old man." ”

Li Jing said: "Tomorrow to meet Your Majesty, I will go to say a few fair words to Lao Xiangguo." ”

Chen Shuda waved his hand and said, "Your Majesty's dismissal of the old man's official position this time is by no means a rash move. Feng Deyi's age and qualifications have arrived, and he has been promoted to prime minister, which is a matter of course. But the most important thing is that the position of Shang Shu's right servant has been given up, and His Majesty wants to use this position to arrange his most trusted cronies, Wei Zheng.

Li Jinghu said suspiciously: "No, Wei Zheng's qualifications are too shallow, and Wang Jue won't be able to take his turn!" ”

Chen Shuda swore and said: "You just keep your eyes open, the old man will never say wrong." ”

……

Just when the Tang Dynasty was in turmoil, Li Shimin also ascended to the Aztec state on the Fuso continent. Its capital, Teotihuacán (nestled between the valley floors of the slopes of Mexico's Popocatepere and Istacevat volcanoes, 40 kilometers from Mexico City), is a veritable city of the gods, with countless palaces and temples dedicated to the sun god, the moon god, the temple of Quetzalcoatl, and the rain god Tlalocle. In the Aztec kingdom of Tlaloc, the rain god also had the power to govern the country.

However, there is no monarchy here, only divine power. Each generation of monarchs is a new leader with a democratic electoral system similar to that of ancient China, and each leader is called Tlaloc. The Aztec state was the first civilization in the Americas to enter the city-state system, as early as the first year of the century to 150 AD, the Aztec state established a city with a population of 50,000, and after entering the 600 AD, Teotihuacan entered a period of rapid development, at this time the population has reached 200,000.

Even in Datang, there are less than 20 cities that can exceed 200,000 people. And in Fuso, it is undoubtedly the largest city.

In fact, the civilizations of the Americas all have one thing in common, they all like living sacrifices. Whether it is the ancestral spirits they believe in, or the various gods, all of them are sacrificed as living people, and under this traditional custom, it is very barbaric and bloody, but it creates a very bad situation, and the population here cannot be greatly increased. When the harvest came, the Aztecs would sacrifice the living to Tlaloc, and the disaster would also sacrifice the living to Tlaloc, not only for prisoners of war and slaves, but also for what was considered to be an automatic sacrifice, which would be a sign of loyalty and piety.

This time the ocean went relatively smoothly, especially with Chen Ying's canned supplies, less than 100 sailors died in accidents along the way, and only three ocean-going ships sank in the storm.

After Li Shimin, Cheng Zhijie, Du Ruhui and others arrived on the Fuso mainland, after half a month of restorative repairs, Zhang Zhongjian sent Li Shimin and others to reconnoiter Teotihuacan City.

Li Shimin only had more than 100 soldiers around him, basically all of them were his old troops, and he came to reconnoiter the giant city with a population of more than 200,000 with more than 100 people.

However, the reality is very helpless. Don't look at Li Shimin in the Tang Dynasty, he is the king of Qin, the general of Tiance, and Shang Shuling, but in the Fusang Continent, he is definitely not Zhang Zhongjian's opponent, Chen Ying gave him equipment that can arm 100,000 troops, although he only has more than 35,000, including nearly 8,000 Japanese people.

Li Shimin has seen these dwarfs with an average height of less than six feet, and they are simply beasts when they fight, even if they are covered in blood, they still attack until they exhaust their last strength.

People are under the eaves and have to bow their heads.

Li Shimin had no choice but to obey Zhang Zhongjian's orders, after all, more than a month later, Zhang Zhongjian conquered the east and west, occupied 25 cities, and had more than 1 million slaves. Their strength is not a level at all.

Coming to Teotihuacan, Li Shimin unexpectedly found that it had become a battlefield, and for some reason, a violent conflict was breaking out in the city.

Although the number of people participating in the battle was tens of millions, in the eyes of Li Shimin, Cheng Zhijie, Hou Mo Chen Xu and others, their kind of melee was not as good as the fighting of the rangers in Chang'an City.

After all, the ranger melee also knows how to use a bow and crossbow to greet at a distance, and a shield to block at close range. It's good for them, you stab me, I'll slash you, and just slash and kill indiscriminately.

If you look down from the sky, the waters of the small lake outside Teotihuacan have been dyed blood-red, and the corpses of countless soldiers float on the water.

The grasslands on the east bank have been burned by fire, and there are stumps and broken arms everywhere, and the corpses of their abandoned weapons, armor, and canes are piled up everywhere, and the blood that flows down drowns the new shoots on the grassland, and the bloody atmosphere permeates the battlefield.

Not far away, countless wild dogs were roaring and foraging in the Shura field, and the beast's eyes were glowing with blood-red light. More than a dozen vultures hovered high in the sky, ready to swoop down to join the feast.

Li Shimin observed for a long time, and finally made up his mind to make a crazy decision.

"Old Cheng, how about we take this city?"

Cheng Zhijie was taken aback by Li Shimin's crazy thoughts, and he muttered: "King, we are only one hundred and twenty-three people!" ”

Du Ruhan smiled and said, "Lao Cheng, do you know how to count?" With me, it's one hundred and twenty-four! ”

Cheng Zhijie didn't speak, when he was fighting, Du Ruhui really couldn't be regarded as a person.

Li Shimin's eyes flashed, and he said excitedly: "This king has been observing for half an hour, they don't even have bows and arrows in their hands, most of them use wooden spears, as long as we work hard, we will definitely capture the thief and capture the king!" ”

Du Ruhui said: "I support this decision, although they have 200,000 people, but they are too unruly, even the displaced people are not as good as the army, take this city, the king can open the treasury, appease the people, draw their youth and strength to form an army, take this as the foundation, operate with peace of mind, and may not have the opportunity to make a comeback!" ”