Li You's Tang Dynasty

Chapter 445 Li Chengqian wins the weak, I am the emperor

"What. Feitian, how is this possible?"

"It's true, tomorrow at the Furong Garden, King Qi is going to fly into the sky, everyone can watch it."

"My God, there are really people who dare to fly into the sky, so I must go and see tomorrow."

"Yes, yes, let's go see together tomorrow."

The news of Li You flying to the sky tomorrow seems to have grown wings. It took only a few hours for the whole of Chang'an to know about it. Going to have a look.

Of course, there are those who believe in it and those who don't. In short, they just want to join in the fun.

At this time, no one was discussing whether it was the King of Wei who was assassinated by the crown prince. Everyone's attention was focused on the news about Li You Feitian.

You don't know how much the ancients worshiped flying to the sky. At that time, due to backward technology, flying to the sky was impossible, so many stories about yearning to fly to the sky were created in ancient times. For example, "Chang'e Flying to the Moon" is a typical representative.

In addition, it is said that when King Mu of Zhou visited the Queen Mother of the West, he once rode a "car of gold and jasper" to the Kunlun Mountains in the west at a speed of thousands of miles a day.

As the host, the Queen Mother of the West takes a more gorgeous "Purple Cloud Chariot".

There is also the fairy prince Qiao who rides a white crane; Qin Mugong's son-in-law is Xiao Shi who rides a dragon, and his daughter is Nongyu who rides a phoenix.They can come and go freely in the air.The murals preserved in the Dunhuang Grottoes in Gansu have left us with many beautiful and moving images of "Flying Apsaras".

Not only myths and stories, there are quite a lot of flying explorations recorded in ancient Chinese literature: According to the "Hanshu·Wang Mang Biography", at the end of the Western Han Dynasty, Wang Mang recruited talented people from all over the world to join in the fight against the Huns. For this reason, he held a flight in Chang'an Performance.

It really attracted a capable person who can "fly". This person "takes a big bird as two wings, with hair on the head and body, and guides the ring button, flies hundreds of steps, and falls".This record is really soul-stirring, this person dared to play gliding, his courage and wisdom were extraordinary, it should be a shocking feat at that time.

Later, Ge Hong, a scholar in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, was inspired by the phenomenon of eagles stretching their wings and gliding into the sky, and proposed the idea of ​​imitating this action to create a "flying car" for flying.

During the Northern and Southern Dynasties, there was another story about the successful flying of a kite.

In 559 A.D., Gao Yang, Emperor Wenxuan of the Northern Qi Dynasty, was a complete tyrant who committed all kinds of evil.One day, on a whim, he forced people to jump down from a [-]-foot-high platform on a kite made of mats. Many people fell to their deaths, but he laughed.

However, a man named Yuan Huangtou flew out of the city on a kite, landed safely and escaped.This should be the earliest successful flight record of a manned kite in my country.

The most famous ancient flying inventor was Wan Hu of the Ming Dynasty. He was fond of woodworking and inventing and creating since he was a child. He especially dreamed of inventing a "flying bird" that could send people to the sky. Since then, he has been studying for a long time.

After several generations of research, the rockets of the Ming Dynasty were greatly enriched in terms of launch forms. At that time, the three new rocket products, the Shenhuo Feiya, the Fire Dragon Out of Water, and the Flying Air Attack Thief and Shocking Thunder Cannon, were unique.Whether it is range or lethality, the rocket technology of the Ming Dynasty is the world's leading.

It was on these foundations that Wan Hu, after years of research, embarked on a journey of flying into the sky step by step. In the Ming Dynasty, when rocket technology was constantly innovating and developing, he finally created an ancient "spaceship".

He used a chair as a "spaceship", and 47 "Flying Dragon" rockets were tied to the back of the chair, and with the help of the rocket's forward force, he flew into the sky.What is commendable is that he also thought of the landing problem and prepared two big kites in his hand so that he could land smoothly.

This was almost the most advanced combination of advantages that could be used and thought of at the time.

On the day of the test flight, Wan Hu sat on the "spaceship" he made without fear, and asked his servant to help him light the fire!With bursts of bangs, the rocket spewed out flames, and the "Flying Dragon" rocket pushed Wanhu into the air.

When the second row of rockets ignited themselves in the air, there was a loud noise, and Wan Hu and his "spaceship" fell into Wanjia Mountain together.This is the first recorded air crash in history.

Although Wan Hu sacrificed, his spirit of daring to sacrifice is still praised by people today.In order to commemorate Wanhu's achievements, the International Astronomical Union decided to name a crater on the back of the moon "Wanhu Crater".

Before the Ming Dynasty, many people with dreams in ancient times also tried many ways to fly to the sky, so flying to the sky is something that the ancients really expected and yearned for.

It is precisely because of this that once Li You's Flying Apsaras plan came out, it would spread so quickly and attract so many people's attention and participation. As for the matter between the crown prince and King Wei, it had already gone as far as it could go.

"How about it..." In the Ganlu Hall, Li Shimin sat on his dragon chair.

"All of them have been attracted to His Royal Highness King Qi's Flying Apsaras plan, and no one talks about King Wei and the prince anymore..."

With a slight smile, Li Shimin breathed a sigh of relief: "That's good! The affairs of the royal family are always the favorite topic of conversation among others. No matter whether it is true or false, no matter whether it is right or wrong, as long as we can talk about it, we are so happy.

I can't stop youyou, but fortunately there is Youer, once Feitian comes out, the royal affairs are not worth mentioning. "

After finishing speaking, Li Shimin looked at Zhang Jing and said, "That's right. How did you check the last time, how is Hou Junji safe and sound?"

"According to our investigation, although General Hou said that he was a little bit aggrieved during this period, he lived in seclusion and nothing out of the ordinary. However, this does not mean anything. We still need to continue the investigation. There is not enough time now to dig more things."

Zhang Jing answered with a bow.

Li Shimin got up, and came to the window with his hands behind his back, and said bitterly and sadly: "In the past, when the country was not yet stable, Hou Junji led the army to quell the chaos, and made great contributions to the country.

I want to give him a chance. "

In fact, Li Shimin treated Hou Junji really well. Hou Junji was named Chen Guogong and served as Minister of the Ministry of Officials and Minister of the Ministry of War.Then he conspired to rebel, even plotted to kill the king, and was finally punished for his crime.

Even so, Li Shimin pleaded for Li Shimin to the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty.

But the Manchao resolutely opposed it: "The crime of the king's collection is not tolerated by the heavens and the earth. Please punish him to understand the Dafa."

Li Shimin sighed helplessly and said: "It's a farewell to the father-in-law. From now on, I only see the ears of the father-in-law!"

Judging from this conversation, Li Shimin did not distrust Hou Junji.Then why did Hou Junhui degenerate from a hero to a rebellious minister?What has he experienced in his life?
The main thing was the battle of Gaochang to destroy the country. Gaochang is today's Turpan in Xinjiang. The king of Gaochang at that time was called Qu Wentai.The cause of the war was that Gaochang State blocked the commercial exchanges between the Western Regions and the Central Plains, making it impossible for Datang to do business with many Western Regions.

This made Li Shimin very annoyed.Decided to send troops to conquer.This time, Hou Junji took the lead alone, and Li Shimin appointed him as the general manager of the Jiaohe Road March, leading the Tang army to conquer Gaochang.Qu Wentai didn't care about this. He said: "Go to me in Tang Dynasty for seven thousand miles, and the sand and moraine live in two thousand miles. The land has no water and grass, the cold wind is like a knife, and the hot wind is like burning. It can lead to a large army!"

It can be seen that he underestimated the enemy very much relying on geographical conditions.Unexpectedly, the Tang army led by Hou Junji not only marched extremely fast, but also had super combat effectiveness.Hou Junji commanded the army to overcome the harsh natural environment, directly invaded Gaochang Forte, and surrounded the capital of Gaochang.

When Qu Wentai saw Tang Jun in the dark, he was so anxious that he couldn't breathe and died.His son Qu Zhisheng came to the throne.With no hope of resistance, Qu Zhisheng had to open the door and surrender.Hou Junji conquered Gaochang and won three counties, five counties, and 22 cities, with a population of more than 3 and more than 4000 horses.

Hou Junji made great contributions in destroying the Gaochang Kingdom, ensuring the commercial exchanges between the Western Regions and the Tang Dynasty, and expanding the territory of the Tang Dynasty. Unfortunately, Hou Junji was too complacent.

After he captured Gaochang, he actually disposed of the prisoners privately.Regarding the treatment of prisoners of war, he did not report to the imperial court, and handled them privately.

Then he hid his belongings privately.He concealed important gold and silver treasures and put them all in his pockets.

If the upper beam is not straight and the lower beam is crooked, the coach's buttocks are not clean, and those below will naturally dare to do evil.The above two points directly lead to the third point, that is, the military discipline is lax, and the subordinates are indulged in plundering the people.

After reading the memorials of the ministers, Li Shimin, who treated the heroes with generosity, also felt that Hou Junji had gone too far and had to be punished.Hou Junji was imprisoned for this.

But Hou Junji has not touched Li Shimin's bottom line at this time, he is just taking credit for pride, greedy for money, and pampering his subordinates.Once he is easily killed, it will cause discussions among the heroes, which is not conducive to the stability of the country.

So Li Shimin pardoned Hou Junji.I hope this prison disaster can serve as a wake-up call for him.

But Hou Junji's problem is that he doesn't know the way to be complacent. If Hou Junji learns his lesson and returns to his previous state of forging ahead and being active in politics, his life will not be the same as later.In Datang's political arena, he may become a dazzling star.Unfortunately, he took the opposite path.After he was released from prison, he was "unhappy with ambition" and felt very wronged all day long.It is believed that Li Shimin intended to punish him.

Later, Li Chengqian sent Helan Chushi to secretly contact Hou Junji. After Hou Junji got this signal, what was his first reaction?It is said in the history books: "Jun Ji accepted Qian Yin's bad and weak plans, and wanted to take advantage of the provocations, so he praised Qian Yin's plans for misconduct."

That is to say, Hou Junji was clear about Li Chengqian's seriousness, and he knew that Li Chengqian would not be able to accomplish anything.However, this stupid prince just happened to be available.This intention is obvious, he wants to be the emperor himself!

This is the manifestation of not knowing the "way of complacency", but Hou Junji doesn't know at all, his every move has long been watched by Li Shimin.

(End of this chapter)