After listening to Suning's words, Li Chengqian was stunned for a moment, and then smiled: "What you said really convinces me, what does it mean that I can save you if you lose, and no one will save me if I lose?" ”

Suning spread his hands: "Because soon you will be the emperor, and I am still a courtier, so if I lose the struggle with anyone, you can favor me and save me, and then I will survive, but if you lose, how can I save you?" If you want to lose, you can only lose on the throne, and I will definitely not participate in the affairs of the throne, so I can't save you, besides, how can there be an emperor in the world who needs courtiers to save him? ”

Li Chengqian felt that he had heard the most shameless words he had ever heard in his life, but he was surprised that he did not feel unhappy, but very happy, because Suning was right, there is no emperor who needs courtiers to save him, the emperor must be high, and there is no courtier who likes to interfere with the inheritance of the throne, such as Yue Fei, who can fight, but after commanding three-fifths of the country's army, he made a fatal mistake, interfering in the inheritance of Zhao Gou's throne, igniting the gunpowder that Zhao Gou and Wenchen had accumulated for a long time, which was the direct cause of Yue Fei's death.

"I think there is some truth in what you say, but if I really become the emperor, will I become a real loner, even you are far away from me, unwilling to approach me, unwilling to talk to me, and this scene today will never appear again?" The smile on Li Chengqian's face suddenly disappeared.

Suning paused, looked at the child who was playing and laughing, turned his head, looked at Li Chengqian and said: "It's still what I said before, as long as you are willing to let me talk to you, as long as you are willing to speak to me in your heart, will you always be the you you you today determines whether I will always be the me I am today, I hope you will always be you today." Even if you become emperor, in that case, I will always be who I am today, no matter what time it is. ”

Li Chengqian let out a long sigh, stretched out his hand, and patted Suning's shoulder: "I will always remember what you said today." ”

Li Xiang, who was playing with Su Qingren and Su Qingli, inadvertently glanced at it. Seeing that his father was patting Uncle Su on the shoulder, he felt very strange and didn't know what they were doing......

After that, on the seventh day, on the third day of the third month of the twentieth year of Zhenguan of the Tang Dynasty, His Majesty Li Shimin, the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, officially issued an edict of abdication, announcing that he would officially abdicate on the auspicious day of April 13, and cede the throne to the crown prince Li Chengqian, and abdicate himself as the emperor. No longer intervene in any government affairs and state affairs.

This news seems to be very alarming, and it has set off a violent upsurge of discussion in the entire Tang Dynasty, and people think that the Xuanwumen change has reappeared, but Chang'an City is so calm, there is no army movement, no cannon rumbling, no people are panicking, and there is no turmoil. It seems that all of them are so natural and calm, and the calmness makes people feel unnatural.

But in such a calm. Li Ermaxi spent his last month as emperor, during this month, Li Chengqian and Li Ermaxi met every day, no one knew what they were talking about, and all government affairs were delegated to Shangshu's left servant Fang Xuanling and Shangshu's right servant Du Ruhui decided that they did not have to report to the emperor. For a whole month, neither Li Ermajesty nor Li Chengqian showed up, not even Suning could see them, until the night of the last day, the night of April 12 in the twentieth year of Zhenguan. Suning, the Marquis of the Three Plains of Chuanguo, was summoned to the palace and talked all night with Li Erma Xià and Li Chengqian, and again, no one knew what they were talking about.

"But virtue moves the sky, and Yuheng is so prefaced; The poor god is intellectualized, and billions of trillions are returned to the heart. Use energy to warp and weft, Milun universe, expound the martyrs, and shelter the people; The vitality is vigorous, the tree is the king, the life is not constant, and the supplement is only virtue. Tianxin personnel, selection of talents and ability, all over the world and happy to push, not one person but unique......"

In the loud voice of the eldest grandson Wuji reading the edict, under the common witness of all the subordinate officials of Chang'an City and local officials above the fifth grade, and under the common witness of the emperor's relatives, meritorious magnates and ordinary people, Li Er's majesty shed the imperial crown, put down the jade seal of the country and the emperor's runes, and strode away from the palace that once belonged to him, the power core of the Tang Empire.

On April 13, the twentieth year of Zhenguan in the Tang Dynasty, Zhenguan Emperor Li Shimin officially gave the throne to the crown prince Li Chengqian, Li Shimin's Zhenguan reign ended here, compared to another time and space, it was more than two years less, however, Li Shimin did not die of illness, but still alive, abdicated for the emperor, and watched his son Li Chengqian change into a royal dress under the service of the inner servant, with the crown of God, pick up the emperor's talisman, the eunuch next to him bowed slightly, and held the jade seal that symbolizes the supreme power in his hand.

Li Chengqian ascended the throne, canonized the crown princess Su as the queen, canonized the eldest son Li Xiang as the crown prince, respected Li Erma as the emperor, respected the eldest grandson empress as the queen mother, granted amnesty to the world, and rewarded the ministers.

On April 13, the 20th year of Zhenguan in the Tang Dynasty, Li Chengqian, the third emperor of the Tang Empire, officially announced the change of the name of Zhenguan to Chenghe, and the 20th year of Zhenguan was the first year of Chenghe.

The official of the Ministry of Etiquette said above that the word "Cheng" in the name of Chenghe corresponds to the word "Cheng" in Li Chengqian's name, and should be changed to avoid it for the emperor, in this regard, Emperor Li Chengqian said that since ancient times, the thing of avoiding is to reflect the respect and remembrance of the ancestors of the descendants, not to interfere with the lives of the descendants. Is it the intention of the ancestors to interfere with future generations because of their names?

In the same way, if the words in the emperor's name cannot be used, then if the emperor's surname is Mi and Gu, is it not possible for the people of the world to eat grain? The emperor's surname is Zhu, so the people of the world can't eat pork? Also, after the founding of the Tang Dynasty, no one dared to eat carp, which is also wrong, if there is a famine in a certain place, there is nothing to eat except carp, is it necessary to let everyone starve to death?

It is the emperor's mistake not to let the people of the whole world suffer and suffer because of the emperor's personal reasons, so in the future, there is no need to talk about the things that are avoided, and it is not allowed to interfere with the lives of the people because of the things that are avoided, which is an unkind and righteous act.

After Li Chengqian ascended the throne, the first edict was supported by a large number of courtiers and the people, and everyone rejoiced, believing that there was another benevolent and virtuous king in the Tang Dynasty, which was a blessing for everyone and the people of the entire Tang Dynasty.

After that, Li Chengqian began to rectify the chaos that Li Er's Majesty had not completed. Recall all the officials who resigned because of their opposition to Li Er's measures during the Great Storm, and send officials to recall those officials one by one with the emperor's edict, even if it is just a six-rank petty official, even if his hometown is at the end of the cape, those officials must be recalled, they are the backbone of the country. It was precisely because of their existence that the emperor's mistakes did not lead to the disaster of the whole country.

As for those courtiers who had been imprisoned by Li Er's majesty and had not yet been released, who dared to directly contradict Li Erma's and refused to obey his orders, Li Chengqian ordered the crown prince Li Xiang to personally go to the prison to apologize to those imprisoned courtiers one by one, ask them to come out, reinstate the officials, reward goods, and bring the emperor's apology.

As for the fierce old Confucian who spilled his blood in the court in anger, Li Chengqian ordered to erect a monument for him and give his family food. property, posthumously conferred his title, rewarded his eldest son, and allowed him to inherit the title; There were also some high-ranking resigned ministers, and even the bigwigs who did not come to participate in Li Chengqian's accession to the throne, were invited by Li Xiaogong, the representative of the imperial family, to express the apologies of the imperial family and the apologies of the emperor Li Chengqian. rewards, reinstatement, and so on.

All the unjust, false and wrongly decided cases during the Great Storm were sent back to Dali Temple and the Criminal Department for joint retrial. Those officials who derelict their duties were taken down one by one, punished, demoted to the lesser ones, exiled to the heavier ones, and exiled to the clan for the more severe ones, and no one died at that time. Those who lost their lives were all dealt with in the year of Zhenguan, and Li Chengqian did not kill a single minister, and some people expressed dissatisfaction, believing that those people had done a lot of evil during the great storm and should be beheaded.

Li Chengqian specifically said in this regard: "It is actually wrong for the emperor to kill the minister. No matter how great the sins these ministers committed, as long as their starting point is not such a serious crime as betraying the country, rebelling, or subverting the dynasty, they should not be beheaded, at most they will be exiled from the clan, and they will never be hired. Degraded officials, deposed as concubines, exiled, never hired, that's all.

In addition, Li Chengqian also ordered the Criminal Department to abolish the 37 articles of torture established in the early days of the Tang Dynasty to suppress the rebels, including corporal punishment, stabbing characters, etc., believing that these were very cruel and harmful punishments, closer to lynching, and were punishments not allowed by the "Zhenguan Law" and should be abolished.

At the same time, Li Chengqian ordered Fang Xuanling, the previous organizer of the revision of the law, to take the lead, and jointly revise the new law with the scholars of the Chinese and Chinese Legalists and people with unique views on the law.

After that, Li Chengqian went to the University of Political Science and Law, the Military University and the Gewu University, the first and highest institutions of learning in the Tang Dynasty, and gave a speech to all the scholars of the three universities.

After the abdication of Li Erma, the position of president of the military university was naturally succeeded by Li Chengqian, and the honorary presidents of the University of Political Science and Law and Gewu University were also succeeded by Li Chengqian.

The major departments of the imperial court were sorted out, the original qualified officials re-assumed their positions, the imperial court re-functioned normally, the central system of the Tang Empire was opened, and the entire empire began to re-operate in an orderly manner.

Two months later, under the personal witness of Li Erma, Li Chengqian integrated the old and new forces of the entire Tang Dynasty, grasped the supreme power, and sat firmly on the throne, Li Ermaxi showed a pleased smile, on the sixth day of June in the first year of Chenghe, the emperor Li Shimin and the eldest grandson of the empress dowager drove away from the imperial city, left Chang'an City, and drove to the Sanyuan County Palace, and decided to retire in the Sanyuan County Palace from now on, and did not ask about the world.

On July 16 of the first year of Chenghe, Li Jing of the Tang Army Military University and Du Ruhui, the right servant of the Tang Shangshu Province and the Shangshu of the vertical and horizontal department, resigned from the official position, on the grounds that they were too old to use and the illness was difficult to support, Li Chengqian repeatedly refused, and in desperation, he ordered to allow the resignation, and rewarded countless people, and wrote a plaque for the two old ministers in his own handwriting, repairing the ancestral hall and ancestral house in his hometown, building a new mansion, and building it with the specifications of the county king, so that he could return to his hometown with glory.

Li Jing returned to his hometown in Sanyuan County to retire, and Du Ruhui also returned to his hometown in Luoyang to retire, and planned to be a Mongolian teacher to educate children to read and write.

Li Shiji was appointed as the second military university priest, and his position as chief of staff is still concurrent, as for Du Ruhui's position, the vertical and horizontal department Shangshu was unexpectedly obtained by Suning, and Suning became the second vertical and horizontal department secretary, from the second grade of the official, as for the right servant of the Shangshu, it was held by Sun Wuji, the chief of the military department.

This is the end of the biggest personnel transfer in the first year of Chenghe. (To be continued......)