Li You's Tang Dynasty

Chapter 526 Zetian Emperor Li You Must Kill
"Uncle, what method do you have to make the emperor notice the young slave?" Li You looked at the eldest grandson Wuji and asked.

Like Li You, Changsun Wuji also frowned: "If you want His Majesty to pay attention to the childish slave, you can't just rely on the childish slave's benevolence and filial piety, you must rely on the praise of external forces, and the best external force is Yuxian !"

"Yu Xian.?"

Li You nodded silently. You must know that the ancient society still highly respected this fairy and god, especially the royal family. What they like most is to deify themselves with divine power.

Leaving aside, let’s talk about Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. It is said that Liu Che, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, was a talented and generous emperor in the ancient history of our country. family, respect Confucianism", after unifying their thinking, they began to actively expand abroad, defeated the Xiongnu, pacified Minyue and Nanyue, developed the Southwest, managed the Western Regions, opened up the "Silk Road", and created a powerful Han Dynasty for us. .

However, at the beginning of his accession to the throne, the young Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty also faced internal and external troubles. There were continuous invasions by the northern nomadic Huns outside, and various princes and kings were eager to try. Even the prime minister at that time had far more power than imperial power.

For example, after Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty ascended the throne, Prime Minister Tian Fu held the power to appoint and dismiss officials, big and small. It can be said that the power was overwhelming. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was very dissatisfied with this. He once asked Tian Fu: "Have you eliminated all the officials? I also want to remove officials!" ", Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty broke the contradiction between imperial power and prime minister power.

In this case, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty began to deify his imperial power. He went to Mount Tai to perform the ceremony of enshrining Zen. However, Confucian scholars and alchemists proposed different methods for the etiquette of enshrining Zen. Finally, Emperor Wu of the Han decided to sacrifice "Tai According to the etiquette of "one god", he granted Mount Tai, and used the etiquette of offering sacrifices to the soil, and performed Zen rituals on the Suran Mountain under Mount Tai. After that, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty accepted the blessings of officials in the Ming Hall of Fenggao (now Tai'an City, Shandong Province). present.

When Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty enshrined Zen in Mount Tai, he did not forget to become immortal and seek the art of immortality. Moreover, his activities of seeking immortality were much more lively than Qin Shihuang's going to the sea to seek immortality a hundred years ago, such as summoning ghosts and gods, making alchemy sand , waiting for the gods, etc., there are countless famous halls.

At that time, in order to cater to Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty's worship of gods and immortals, "all counties and countries eliminated Taoism and repaired palaces, temples and temples on famous mountains".In Jieshi Mountain area, there are many various buildings dedicated to gods and immortals.At the southern foot of Jieshi Mountain, there are still remains of the palace of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty relied on admiring "Tai Yi God" as the head of the gods, and then climbed to the top of Mount Tai to hold the ceremony of enshrining Zen, and successfully strengthened the imperial power to the highest level, and he himself became the unique "Han Wu Emperor".

So packaging yourself with gods and immortals is the fastest way to get attention, but what you need to pay attention to here is that packaging yourself with gods and immortals is indeed the best way to improve your status, but if you are caught If you dismantle it, then you will also be beaten into a place of eternal doom.

Therefore, using gods and immortals to deify oneself also requires paying a price.

"We can only use this method to attract your father's attention to the childish slave, otherwise the childish slave has no chance of winning..." Changsun Wuji looked at Li You and sighed.

Li You glanced at the childish slave and said, "Uncle, let me think about it. After all, there are still many uncertain factors in this matter. You must know that the fourth brother is not a simple person. If this matter is If you dismantle it, the childish slave will be in trouble."

"I know, I know, but this is our last chance. We must let the young slave and Li Tai be equally important in His Majesty's heart, so that I can help the young slave and Li Tai fight, otherwise, even I will be Nothing can be done."

As he spoke, Changsun Wuji stood up and said, "I'm leaving first, we don't want to see each other for the time being, come to me after you guys have made up your mind!" Afterwards, Li You and Li Zhi got up together to send Changsun Wuji away.

After Changsun Wuji left, Li You and Li Zhi walked back to the living room again. At this time, Li Zhi looked at Li You with some fear and said, "Will Fifth Brother, Fourth Brother really attack us?"

Li You looked back at Li Zhi and said, "I really want to say no, but the Tian family has no family ties. You should be able to understand a little bit after thinking about your father's treatment of Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji."

"Hey!" Li You's words made Li Zhi tremble.

Because Li Shimin was very vicious to Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji's heirs, Li Jiancheng had six sons. Except for the eldest son who died young, there were five people alive at that time, namely Li Chengdao, Li Chengde, Li Chengxun, Li Chengming, and Li Chengyi.

Li Yuanji also had five sons at the time, namely Li Chengye, Li Chengluan, Li Chengju, Li Chengyu, and Li Chengdu.These ten people are still children, the oldest is no more than a teenager, and the youngest is still a baby.However, Li Shimin had no mercy for these nephews, but executed them all.

If it is better, although Li Shimin executed all the sons of the eldest brother and the fourth brother, he did not completely wipe out the roots, and the daughters of Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji were not implicated.

After all, ancient Chinese politics was mainly a stage for men to compete, and women were rarely able to influence it.According to records, Li Jiancheng had five daughters, and Li Yuanji had six daughters, and none of them should have been killed.

"Fifth brother, how could fourth brother treat us like this? This is too cruel!" Li Zhi was so frightened that there were tears in his eyes.

"Young slave. If you become a prince and later become an emperor, will you kill grass and roots like your father did?" Li You looked at Li Zhi and asked.

"I don't know the fifth brother, I definitely won't, I will definitely protect the fourth brother, and I will protect all the brothers. I will definitely not let them be in any danger."

To be honest, Li Zhi is quite benevolent and filial. Li Zhi's oath is actually somewhat believable. According to history, Li Zhi was gentle and kind by nature. Li Ke, king of Wu, Li Yuanjing, king of Jing, and Li Daozong, king of Jiangxia, were reprimanded, and Li Zhi acquiesced to the behavior of Changsun Wuji.

The rest of the brothers really didn't move, but Li Zhi had a bug, and this bug was Wu Zetian. Li Zhi didn't do anything to his brother, but Wu Zetian killed the entire Li family.

As soon as Li Zhi died, Wu Zetian set up an informant system, stipulating that anyone can inform. dire political climate.

Naturally, the kings surnamed Li did not want to sit still and wait for death. In August of the fourth year of Chuigong, Li Chong, the governor of Bozhou and the king of Langxie, raised troops in Bozhou. Defeated on seven days; in September, King Li Zhen of Yue was defeated and committed suicide. Empress Wu wanted to eliminate all the kings of the Li family, so Zhou Xing and others interrogated them and forced Han Wang Li Yuanjia, Lu King Li Lingkui, Huang Guogong Li Zhuan, Dongguan County Gong Li Rong, Chang Le Princesses committed suicide, cronies were all punished, the clan of the Tang Dynasty was almost wiped out, young and weak survivors were exiled to the south of the Five Ridges, and hundreds of their relatives were killed.

After that, Wu Chengsi created public opinion for Wu Zetian to proclaim himself emperor, and tried his best to suggest to Wu Zetian that "go to the descendants of the Tang family and punish those who are not attached to the ministers", and began to massacre Li Tang's clan.

Li Xunqi, the king of Changle, son of Teng Wang Li Yuanying, the No.20 second son of Emperor Taizu Li Yuan of Tang Dynasty, in the Chuigong Palace, six brothers were imprisoned together; Li Wei, the heir of Jiang Wang, the son of Li Yun, the seventh son of Taizong, served successively as the governor of Yizhou, and Zetian in the Chuigong Palace Killed: Li Jun, the king of Lingling, the eldest son of Cao Wangming, No.14 son of Emperor Taizong, served as the Biejia of Nanzhou, and was killed together with his brother Li Guogong Li Jie in Chuigongzhong.

Sipu King Li Xin, the eldest son of Li Tai, the fourth son of Emperor Taizong Li Shimin, was framed by cruel officials and demoted to the governor of Zhaozhou; : Li Yuan's No.18 son, Yongchang year, and his son Li Quan were framed by Qiu Shenji and killed.

In the first year of Zaichu, Wu Chengsi ordered the cruel official Zhou Xing to falsely accuse Gaozong's third son, Qi Wang Li Shangjin, and Gaozong's fourth son, Xu Wang Li Sujie, to rebel.On the way to escort, Wu Chengsi sent someone to hang Li Sujie, Li Shangjin committed suicide, and killed all his hands and party members.

Li Shangjin's sons Yizhen, Yimei, Yizhang, Yihuan, Yijin, Yifen, Yixun and others were all sent to Xianzhou. Except Yixun, all the sons died in Xianzhou; Li Sujie's sons Ying, Wan, Ji Nine people, including Li, Ji, were killed together, and the rest of Zilin, Guan, Qi, Qingu and others were ordered to ban Leizhou because of their young age.In August of this year, Wu Chengsi killed 12 members of Li Jing's clan including Nan'an Wang Li Ying, and whipped to death the two sons of the former prince Li Xian.

According to historical records, Wu Zetian killed nearly [-] descendants of the Li family. Li You had only one attitude towards Wu Zetian, and he seized the opportunity to directly kill Wu Zetian. She paid more attention to the development of agriculture and issued a series of measures for the development of agriculture. She promoted and reused some officials of common origin to hire talents, and continued the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty under the rule of Zhenguan. get continued development.

A series of measures including her perfecting the imperial examination system at that time.

But Li You still had to kill Wu Zetian. Why, because Li You's surname is Li, Li You can't just sit back and watch Wu Zetian ruthlessly kill his relatives. More importantly, Li You is confident that he can do more than Wu Zetian Okay, so Wu Zetian had better not appear in front of Li You, otherwise, Li You would try every means to kill Wu Zetian.

"Zhinu, it's good for you to think so. With your promise, the fifth brother can rest assured, and you don't have to think about it. As long as the fifth brother is there, even if the fifth brother dies by himself, he must keep you safe." .”

"Yeah!" Li Zhi nodded vigorously and said, "I believe what the fifth brother said. I don't need to believe everyone in the world, but I will not disbelieve the fifth brother, because the fifth brother has indeed saved his life. Juvenile slave."

Li You looked at Li Zhi's grateful eyes and smiled slightly, the smile was full of pampering.

(End of this chapter)