Li Chengqian of the Tang Dynasty: Please say long live His Majesty

Chapter 501: Etiquette = Destiny, the Man of Destiny (Part )
In the Liangyi Hall, Li Chengqian looked at the ministers calmly and said, "I would like to give the title of Grand Emperor to you. What do you think?"

The ministers' eyes flickered as they quickly figured out the emperor's true intentions.

"Your Majesty is sincere in his filial piety. I think that is enough." Changsun Wuji was the first to step forward and bow.

This scene also made the ministers understand that the emperor wanted to give honors to the retired emperor before his death.

This is nothing.

"Uncle, do you have any good suggestions?" Li Chengqian looked at Changsun Wuji seriously.

Zhangsun Wuji thought for a moment, then bowed and said, "Your Majesty, the Supreme Emperor already has the honorific title of Tiansheng Renshou Tiankehan Supreme Emperor. I suggest you add the honorific title of Great Tiansheng Renshou Tiankehan Supreme Emperor, and call him Great Tiansheng Ren."

Li Chengqian nodded slowly and said, "Uncle, what you said makes sense. Do you have any good suggestions?"

The ministers exchanged glances with each other. It’s not that they didn’t have ideas, but it was difficult to surpass Changsun Wuji.

"Your Majesty!" Li Yifu stepped forward. He first bowed to Li Chengqian, then looked at Zhangsun Wuji and said, "I think what Duke Zhao said is very good."

Changsun Wuji looked at Li Yifu calmly.

Although Li Yifu was the first to stand up and agree with him, Changsun Wuji never thought that he was that simple.

really.

"Your Majesty!" Li Yifu looked at Li Chengqian again and said with a bow, "Although the titles proposed by Duke Zhao are excellent, I think it would be better to switch the order and call him Tiansheng Benevolent Longevity Great Khan Emeritus, or Tiansheng Khan."

At the word "Tiansheng Khan", Li Chengqian suddenly sat up straight.

All the ministers in the hall looked at Li Yifu in surprise.

If he is called "Tiansheng Khan", then it is actually okay not to add the honorific title.

After all, the previous title of the retired emperor was Tiansheng Renshou Tian Khan retired emperor, and he could also be directly called Tiansheng Khan.

However, no one had ever thought of this before.

Therefore, this time the name was changed by adding a honorific title.

Changsun Wuji turned sideways to look at Li Yifu and nodded slightly.

He turned to look at Li Chengqian, bowed and said, "Your Majesty, Tiansheng Khan, very kind."

All the ministers followed suit and bowed, saying, "Long live the Tiansheng Khan."

Li Chengqian looked at Li Yifu and nodded, saying, "Mr. Li, please submit your memorial. All the ministers, please come with me to the Wude Hall to ask the Emperor to accept the title."

"Here!"

……

Outside the Wude Hall, Li Chengqian knelt on the ground with his head bowed solemnly.

The ministers behind him also knelt on the ground, but their eyes could not help but look into the hall.

They had heard before that after the emperor returned to Wude Hall from Liangyi Hall, he stopped seeing anyone.

I didn't expect it to be true.

Today, even the emperor sent a memorial with the title added, but the emperor still didn't want to see anyone.

Some people even couldn't help but think of the folk custom of burying the sixtieth birthday.

The Emperor Retired has a bit of that vibe today.

The emperor said nothing and just knelt on the ground.

The ministers could only kneel down and beg the emperor to meet them.

Some people even suspected that the emperor came up with this idea of ​​adding the title in the hope of accompanying the retired emperor before his death.

With a creaky sound, the hall door opened and Zhang Ananda walked out of the hall quickly.

He glanced at the ministers, then bowed to Li Chengqian and said, "Your Majesty, the Emperor invites Duke Zhao in."

Li Chengqian turned and looked at Changsun Wuji with sad eyes, then nodded slightly.

Changsun Wuji sighed in his heart, then bowed slightly to Li Chengqian, then stood up and walked into the hall.

As soon as he stepped over the threshold, the door slammed shut behind him with a creak.

Changsun Wuji was shocked and subconsciously looked inside the hall.

Li Shimin lay quietly on the bed. His breath was very weak and his hair had turned completely white.

On the table at one side was a bowl of porridge, with most of it still full.

Concubine Wei had disappeared long ago.

Changsun Wuji's heart suddenly turned cold, and he walked towards the inner hall with heavy steps.

Li Shimin lay motionless on the bed, and even though Changsun Wuji was standing beside the bed, he did not react at all.

"The Grand Emperor." Changsun Wuji slowly knelt down, tears streaming down his face uncontrollably.

"Why are you crying?" Li Shimin gently opened his eyes. Although he looked extremely sleepy and tired, his voice was still clear.

"The Grand Emperor," Changsun Wuji asked in a low voice, "How long has it been since the Grand Emperor last had food?"

"I don't know." Li Shimin couldn't help but close his eyes.

Zhang Sun Wuji quickly said, "Grand Emperor, please eat something. Eat something so you can have the strength to speak."

Li Shimin glanced at Changsun Wuji sideways, then nodded slightly.

Changsun Wuji quickly looked at Zhang Ananda, who had already handed him the bowl of porridge.

Changsun Wuji then carefully fed Li Shimin a few mouthfuls of porridge. However, even so, after he ate a few mouthfuls, he couldn't help but spit out most of it.

Changsun Wuji couldn't help crying again.

Li Shimin glanced at him, then tried his best to eat half a bowl of porridge. But it was only half a bowl.

Li Shimin waved his hand slightly. Changsun Wuji knew that he could not eat anymore, so he put the bowl of porridge aside helplessly.

Li Shimin raised his head slightly, and Changsun Wuji immediately stood up and walked forward skillfully to help Li Shimin sit up on the bed.

Zhang Ananda carefully placed the soft cushion behind Li Shimin, and then Changsun Wuji retreated.

Li Shimin raised his head slightly, and Zhang Ananda placed the memorial on Li Shimin's legs.

After glancing at the memorial, Li Shimin, who had finally regained some strength, slowly said, "The Emperor... has finally understood the power of etiquette."

"The Grand Emperor." Changsun Wuji didn't understand for a moment.

Li Shimin smiled palely and sighed, "You are not an emperor after all. You cannot feel the most important thing for an emperor. It is not power, not swords and spears, not even the hearts of the people, but destiny."

"Destiny!"

"The Emperor is the Son of Heaven." Li Shimin looked outside the palace and said softly, "As long as I am here, I am the only Son of Heaven in this world. Only when I am gone will the Son of Heaven become Cheng Qian."

The Son of Heaven, the Son of Heaven, the one to whom the Mandate of Heaven is entrusted.

Changsun Wuji's lips trembled slightly, and he recalled some things that happened before the founding of the Tang Dynasty.

He who cultivates peaches and plums will win the world.

With the appearance of a dragon and a phoenix, and the appearance of the sun and the sky, when he is almost twenty years old, he will surely be able to save the world and bring peace to the people.

Just with this one sentence, countless people in the world are willing to work hard for Li Shimin.

Believe that he is the man of destiny.

Changsun Wuji was certain that Li Shimin had never said these words to Li Chengqian.

But the emperor has now started to take action secretly. Has he also begun to build momentum for his own destiny?

"Prophecies, there are countless prophecies in the world. In fact, the most feared ones are not those that will not come true, but those that have already come true." Li Shimin paused for a moment, gathering his strength before continuing, "For example, the black-clad emperor, and the peach and plum trees, and the flood surrounding Yangshan."

Changsun Wuji's expression became serious.

The man in black who became the emperor refers to Yang Jian.

Peaches and plums, floods surround Yangshan, referring to Li Tang.

"The Yang family." Li Shimin raised his head slightly and said, "After all, they are the bloodline of the Man of Destiny. Above Destiny, the only one who can truly pose a threat to the Tang Dynasty is the Yang family."

Changsun Wuji nodded seriously, he would not let the Yang family go.

"I've actually always suspected that the so-called Tang Dynasty lasted for three generations, and that a female ruler, King Wu, would succeed the Tang Dynasty." Li Shimin sneered softly and said, "I suspect this prophecy was actually made up by someone from the Hongnong Yang clan."

"They?" Changsun Wuji looked up in shock. He had never heard Li Shimin say such words.

"It's a pity that Yuan Tiangang died too early, otherwise I would really have to ask him whether he accepted the generous gift from the Hongnong Yang family." There was a hint of ruthlessness in the corner of Li Shimin's eyes.

"So, it really isn't Li Junxian?" Changsun Wuji asked subconsciously.

Li Shimin glanced at Zhangsun Wuji with a half-smile, then said, "No, prophecies always have the power to shake the world. Li Junxian's surname is Li, so how could it be him?"

Changsun Wuji couldn't help but shiver.

"Not only that, it's not even targeting the Guanzhong clans." Li Shimin closed his eyes gently and said, "The Tang Dynasty and Guanzhong are deeply intertwined. It's not an exaggeration to say that we live and die together. Therefore, if we want to make the prophecy come true, we need to leave Chang'an. But if we leave Chang'an, where in the world will others rise up?"

"Luoyang." Changsun Wuji nodded vigorously.

"Then who has the greatest influence on Luoyang?"

"The Yang family of Hongnong." Changsun Wuji finally connected all of this together.

"I've only just begun to figure this out these past few days." Li Shimin raised his head slightly and said, "If anyone in the world could have been so confident as to have started these tactics decades ago, it would probably be the Hongnong Yang family."

"In the sixth year of Wude, someone raised an army in Huzhou in the name of the descendants of the Yang family." Changsun Wuji raised his head with a cold look in his eyes.

Li Shimin nodded calmly.

In the sixth year of the Wude reign, Tuyuhun disturbed the Xichui, the Turks in the north returned, and the Nanzhou governor Pang Xiaogong and Jianghuai Fu Gongyou rebelled.

The Tang Dynasty, which had just pacified Wang Shichong, fell into war again.

It was these people who pacified the situation bit by bit.

It’s just that the story about the descendants of the Yang family was buried in so many chaos and no one paid attention to it.

But now that I think about it carefully, the nature of this matter is quite serious.

"The Tang Dynasty lasted for three generations, and was succeeded by a female ruler, King Wu." Li Shimin looked at Zhangsun Wuji and said, "No matter who it is, suppressing or even destroying the Hongnong Yang family will completely destroy this prophecy. Unfortunately, the Hongnong Yang family cannot be destroyed just by destroying it."

"That's why Your Majesty dismissed Yang Shidao from his position as the Minister of the Central Secretariat." Changsun Wuji nodded slowly.

"It's not him. He doesn't know anything at all." Li Shimin shook his head and said, "There will always be someone who keeps an eye on him."

"So His Majesty appointed him as the Minister of Personnel." Zhang Sun Wuji somewhat understood Li Chengqian's tactics.
Li Shimin didn't trust the Hongnong Yang family, so did Li Chengqian believe them?
Li Chengqian didn't believe it either.

Therefore, he must have had his own calculations when he appointed Yang Shidao to the important position of Minister of Personnel.

……

Li Shimin did not respond to Zhangsun Wuji's words. He lowered his head to look at the memorial in front of him and said softly, "This Li Yifu is also a talented person."

"Huh?" Changsun Wuji didn't react for a moment.

Li Shimin sighed softly and said, "He gave me the title of Tiansheng Khan. Does that mean the title of Tian Khan is now vacant?"

Changsun Wuji suddenly felt a tingling sensation on his scalp.

The title of Tian Khan was vacant, and to whom was it given? Naturally, it was the emperor.

After becoming emperor, he will succeed the retired emperor and become the Heavenly Khan.

What a great Li Yifu!
(End of this chapter)