Li You's Tang Dynasty

Chapter 711 Li Shimin's Last Sound
In the 20 years of Zhenguan, Dengzhou began to develop slowly by relying on seawater drying salt, and in this 20 years of Zhenguan, Li You ushered in his three little lives, Li Zhan, Li An, and Li Renran!

Li Zhan is the eldest son of Li who was born by Quan Zhixi. Li You gave him a war in the hope that he can lead the Li family to move forward in the future. Some people will definitely ask, ouch, why is Li You, a modern person, still so optimistic about the eldest son? , It should not be more democratic, whichever son can do it, let the son go.

In fact, the idea is correct, but it was not established in ancient times, and ancient times are ancient times. Some novels set up a constitutional monarchy in the Tang Dynasty. To be honest, that is something that is unlikely to be realized. Why, because the main idea of ​​our country is Confucianism.

Confucianism talks about being loyal to the emperor and patriotism, which is the first principle of being a person and doing things. People's thoughts are all imprisoned, and they are fooled by the idea that the emperor respects me and I am cheap! !

If the mind cannot be liberated and rises up, a new system cannot be created to replace the old system.

This kind of constitutional monarchy is difficult to survive by relying on the strength of one person, and once the constitution is established, such as Emperor Guangxu, he can no longer "act wildly". , may become too crooked, bragging and shameless in Congress, talking is not worth it, and there will be many detours!
Of course there will be progress, but many ideas, such as the dissatisfaction of the Han people in the south, will probably boil over.

Li You has no way to survive this era, so he can only place his expectations on Li Zhan like everyone else. The second son, Li An, comes from Shao Yiyi's belly. He is a naive little guy. The other party can be safe and sound, that's enough.

The last little girl, Li Renran, is the work of Cui Xiuniang. Oh, there is another girl, which makes Li You very happy. Who doesn't know that the daughter is the little padded jacket of the father. The more little padded jackets like this, the better.

The birth of the child made Li You's affairs more complicated. Sometimes, he would help take care of the child, and his life became more fulfilling. Soon, Chang'an also received Li You's letter of good news.

After seeing this list, Li Zhi danced with joy for the first time, saying that he had a nephew and niece again, so Li Zhi took this list to find Concubine Yin and Sizi.

Concubine Yin and Sizi were also very happy, just when Li Zhi sent this form to Li Shimin, hoping that Li Shimin could give the newborn child some titles.

Li Shimin shook his head slightly and told Li Zhi that a child of a county king is not yet qualified to give him a title. Li Zhi became anxious immediately, but no matter how anxious Li Zhi was, Li Shimin was still unwilling to give it to Li Zhan, Li An Any title with Li Renran.

To be honest, it was the first time that Li Zhi complained to his father, but Li Zhi never thought that Li Shimin's attitude was not like this. In fact, Li Shimin wanted to leave this favor to Li Zhi to reward.

Because Li Shimin's health is getting worse and worse, since he came back from Liaodong, Li Shimin's condition began to come and go again and again, which made Li Shimin feel a bad feeling.

However, Li Shimin is a hero. Even though he has been plagued by illness, he has not forgotten to expand his territory.

On the eighth day of the first lunar month in the 20th year of Zhenguan, Qiao Shiwang, the governor of Xiazhou, and the general who led the right army were desperate to attack Xue Yantuo. They were defeated and captured more than 2000 people. Domi Khan fled north on Qingqi.

Domi Khan was irritable by nature, suspicious of his subordinates, gave little favors, killed the noble ministers used by his father more, and dedicated himself to his favorite people.Uighur chieftain Tumidu and Pugu, together with Luo Lianbing, attacked Xue Yantuo, and Domi was defeated.

At this time, Li Shimin saw that the time had come to destroy Xue Yantuo, so on June [-]th, he appointed Li Daozong and Ashina Sheer as the ambassadors of Hanhai to appease the sea. Commanding Liangzhou and the soldiers of the Hu nationality, Xue Wanche, the governor of Daizhou, and Zhang Jian, the governor of Yingzhou, each led their troops and horses, divided them into several groups, and attacked Xue Yantuo side by side.

Domi Khan saw that the general situation was over, so he led his cavalry to defect to the Shijian tribe of Ashide. Huihe sent troops to attack the tribe, killed Domi Khan, and his clan was also slaughtered.

Who knows, the remaining Xueyantuo people supported Yinan's nephew Tumozhi as Yitebushi Khan in an attempt to restore Xueyantuo.

But the Tang Dynasty and Chile did not acknowledge it, and together with Li Shimin sent Li Shiji to attack Tumozhi's garrison, instructing: "If you surrender, you will caress him, and if you rebel, you will punish him."

Li Shiji went to Yudujun Mountain, and his chief, Ti Zhenda, came to surrender.Secretly plotting to make a comeback.

Li Ji sent his troops to attack, beheaded more than 5000 people, captured more than 3 men and women, and brought Dumozhi back to Chang'an.Li Daozong led his troops across the desert, and Xue Yantuo's senior official Abo led tens of thousands of people to resist.Li Daozong defeated him, killed more than 200 people, and pursued him for [-] miles.

Huihe, Bayegu, Tongluo, Pugu, Duolangge, Sijie, Adiao, Qibi, Tiele, Hun, Huxue and other 11 Tiele chiefs successively came to request to belong to the Tang Dynasty.Seek to set up Tang officials, who are also registered households, and set up prefectures and counties.Tang destroyed Xue Yantuo, and the northern border was stabilized from then on.

This battle also became Li Shimin's last climax. After that, Li Shimin began to indulge in pleasure, and was extravagant. One year, Li Shimin felt afraid of the heat, so he rebuilt and expanded the Taihe Palace on Zhongnan Mountain into Cuiwei Palace, rebuilt and expanded Renzhi Palace into Yuhua Palace, as Li Shimin's summer resort (Li Shimin has always been afraid of heat).The two palaces are magnificent, and the manpower, material and financial resources consumed are incalculable.

Maybe you will say, what is this? After all, Li Shimin suffers from a family-inherited "wind disease" (serious cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, similar to today's stroke), and he is naturally afraid of heat, especially when he is old. Every summer, I have to leave Chang'an to escape the heat.

For this reason, he ordered people to repair the originally abandoned Taihe Palace on Zhongnan Mountain and named it "Cuiwei Palace" as his summer resort.

In the feudal era, the supreme emperor did this project. In any case, it can't be called "a waste of money, fatuous and senseless".

It is true that there is nothing wrong with saying this, but after three months, Li Shimin felt that the layout of the palace was too small, so he directly demolished it and built a new one. This is a bit extravagant, right?
This is also what Li Shimin did in his later years. Then around the 21st year of Zhenguan, another important time node appeared. Just like this, the profligate Li Shimin suffered a stroke and became paralyzed.

Although Li Shimin was rescued by the imperial physician, the impact of paralysis on Li Shimin made Li Shimin feel helpless like never before. This generation of wise emperors began to fear death.

Once they are afraid of death, ordinary people may pray to gods and Buddha, and pray for themselves, but if they are replaced by an emperor, they will become another state, that is, refining elixir, believing in fortunetelling, and going astray.

Soon Li Shimin began his most confused years.

(End of this chapter)